Comparison of coronal sphenoidal versus standard anteroposterior temporal montage in the EEG recording of temporal lobe seizures

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 417-421

  Ives, J R ^a   Drislane, F W ^a   Schachter, S C ^a   Miles, D K ^b   Coots, J F ^a   Martin, D L ^a   McGuiggan, J M ^a   Schomer, D L ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

EEG; Epilepsy; Ictal events; Sphenoidal electrodes; Temporal lobe seizures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0029893157     PISSN: 00134694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0013-4694(96)95124-X     Document Type: Article

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