Usefulness of prolonged video-EEG monitoring in the elderly

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 54-58

  Lancman, Marcelo E ^a,b   O'Donovan, Cormac ^a,c   Dinner, Dudley ^a   Coelho, Maurizio ^a,d   Lüders, Hans O ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

elderly; epilepsy; monitoring; seizure; video EEG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0030271535     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-510X(96)00092-5     Document Type: Article

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