Periodic lateralized epileptiform discharges - A critical review

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 519-530

  Pohlmann Eden, Bernd ^a,b   Hoch, Daniel B ^b   Cochius, Jeffrey I ^b   Chiappa, Keith H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Focal hyperexcitability; Periodic lateralized epileptiform discharge; Seizures; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; REVIEW;

AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACIDS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE;

EID: 0030475215     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-199611000-00007     Document Type: Review

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