Incidence of spikes and paroxysmal rhythmic events in overnight ambulatory computer-assisted EEGs of normal subjects: A multicenter study

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 251-255

  Schachter, Steven C ^a,m   Ito, Masumi ^b   Wannamaker, Braxton B ^c   Rak, Ihor ^d   Ruggles, Kevin ^e   Matsuo, Famisuke ^f   Wilner, Andrew ^g   Jackel, Roy ^h   Gilliam, Frank ⁱ   Morris, George ^j   Skantz, John ^j   Sperling, Michael ^k   Buchhalter, Jeffrey ^l   Drislane, Francis W ^a   Ives, John ^a   Schomer, Donald L ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Roper Epilepsy Program   (United States)

^d ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^e MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^g RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h Epilepsy Ctr Bucks/Montgomery Co   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^j MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^k THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^m KS 478 ^*  (United States)

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Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Epilepsy; Epileptiform; Seizure; Volunteer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIGRAINE; NORMAL HUMAN; RHYTHM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPIKE WAVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; REFERENCE VALUES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0031869061     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-199805000-00009     Document Type: Article

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