Dipole source analysis may differentiate benign focal epilepsy of childhood with occipital paroxysms from symptomatic occipital lobe epilepsy

Brain Topography

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 115-120

  Van Der Meij, Wil ^a,b   Van Der Dussen, Donna ^a   Van Huffelen, Alexander C ^a   Wieneke, George H ^a   Van Nieuwenhuizen, Onno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BEOP; Dipole source analysis; Occipital EEG spikes; Symptomatic occipital lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIPOLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL LOBE;

EID: 0031441575     PISSN: 08960267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022299610769     Document Type: Article

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