Seizure lateralization during EEG monitoring in patients with bilateral foci: The cluster effect

Epilepsia

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 937-940

  Haut, Sheryl R ^a,b   Legatt, Alan D ^a   O'Dell, Christine ^a   Moshé, Solomon L ^a   Shinnar, Shlomo ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster effect; EEG monitoring; Interseizure interval; Partial seizures; Seizure localization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; SEIZURES;

EID: 0030873964     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb01260.x     Document Type: Article

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