The significance of the interictal spike discharge: A review

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1989, Pages 207-226

  Hughes, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Epilepsy; Interictal spike discharge

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE DEFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMAN; REFERENCE VALUES; SEIZURES; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0024414011     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: 15371603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-198907000-00001     Document Type: Article

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