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The usual follow-up was extended with a 3-h EEG and a consultation with an epilepsy expert. Information on epilepsy and AD were collected and analyzed. Results: Among the 25 included patients, 10 (40%) were classified as epileptic. Seizure types were tonic-clonic (25%), typical temporal seizures (25%), myoclonus (25%), focal extra-temporal seizures (8%), and other seizure types (17%). AD-E patients had a significant lower MMSE (15.3\u00b18.4 AD-E versus 22.1\u00b15.1 AD-NE, p\u200a=\u200a0.036) and a lower autonomy (IADL 4.1\u00b12.7 AD-E versus 6.4\u00b11.9 AD-NE, p\u200a=\u200a0.046) at AD diagnosis with comparable ages between AD-E and AD-NE. Epileptic patients seemed to present a faster cognitive decline ([\u0394MMSE per year 1.7\u00b11.3 AD-E versus 0.9\u00b11.4 AD-NE; p\u200a=\u200a0.09). All patients with severe cognitive impairment (MMSE \u2264 10) had an epileptic comorbidity. 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