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The Epilepsy-Cog study: methods to establish a harmonized study of late-onset epilepsy in a meta-cohort of six population-based cohorts in the United States

2026-02-02 neurology Title + abstract only
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ObjectivesWith the expected demographic shift toward those [≥]65 years of age in the United States, late-onset epilepsy (LOE) poses a significant public health issue, yet it has been historically understudied. We are undertaking an effort in the Epilepsy-Cog study to pool individual participant data from six US-based prospective cohort studies. In this paper, we outline the process for ascertaining epilepsy, harmonizing, and pooling individual participant data across the six cohorts. Methods...

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