Defining epileptogenic foci: Past, present, future

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 470-483

  Ebersole, John S ^a,b,c  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VACHS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIPOLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; HUMAN; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SPIKE WAVE;

BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HEAD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0031398660     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-199711000-00003     Document Type: Review

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