Clonidine- and methohexital-induced epileptiform discharges detected by magnetoencephalography (MEG) in patients with localization-related epilepsies

Epilepsia

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1104-1112

  Kirchberger, K ^a   Schmitt, H ^a   Hummel, C ^a   Peinemann, A ^a   Pauli, E ^a   Kettenmann, B ^a   Stefan, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clonidine; Epilepsy; Focus localization; Magnetoencephalography; Methohexital

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; METHOHEXITAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; CLONIDINE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; METHOHEXITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PREANESTHETIC MEDICATION;

EID: 0031694745     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1998.tb01297.x     Document Type: Article

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