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There is an age-associated increase in the prevalence and incidence of epileptic seizures in the elderly [1-5]. In seniors over 60 years of age, the overall prevalence of epilepsy is 11.8 per 1,000 [2]. The annual incidence of epilepsy (recurrent unprovoked seizures) rises from 90 per 100,000 in people between the ages of 65 and 69 to more than 150 per 100,000 for those over 80 [6]. The incidence of treated epilepsy in the adult population in general ranges between 56-83,8 per 100,000 (for 25-59 year olds) [6].