When do sphenoidal electrodes yield additional data to that obtained with antero-temporal electrodes?

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 12-19

  Kanner, Andres M ^a,b   Jones, John C ^a  

^a WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

anterior temporal spikes; fluoroscopy; foramen ovale; sphenoidal electrodes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRODE; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SPIKE;

EID: 0031045530     PISSN: 00134694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-4694(96)95217-7     Document Type: Article

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