Pitfalls of EEG interpretation in epilepsy

Neurologic Clinics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 857-881

  Drury, I ^a   Beydoun, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE; ALGORITHM; ARTIFACT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DROWSINESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SLEEP; SPIKE WAVE; WAKEFULNESS; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0027494841     PISSN: 07338619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0733-8619(18)30128-2     Document Type: Review

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