Characteristic EEG findings in ring 20 syndrome as a diagnostic clue

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 258-262

  Kobayashi, Keiko ^a   Inagaki, Masumi ^b   Sasaki, Masayuki ^a   Sugai, Kenji ^a   Ohta, Shigeru ^c   Hashimoto, Toshiaki ^a  

^a National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c MATSUE RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complex partial seizure; Frontal lobe seizure; Intractable epilepsy; Ring 20 syndrome; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 20; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; RING CHROMOSOMES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0031743465     PISSN: 00134694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-4694(98)00069-8     Document Type: Article

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