The utility of the electroencephalogram in the evaluation of patients presenting with headache: A review of the literature

Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1995, Pages 1263-1267

  Gronseth, Gary S ^a   Greenberg, Michael K ^b  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Malcom Grow Medical Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0029086431     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.45.7.1263     Document Type: Review

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