14 and 6 Hz positive spikes preceding 3 Hz generalized spike and wave in a 15 year old patient with absence: A case report

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 262-264

  Oletsky, H ^a   Greenfield, J ^a   Sato, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

14 Hz positive spikes; 6 Hz positive spikes; Generalized discharges; Sleep stage; Three per second spike wave

Indexed keywords

ETHOSUXIMIDE;

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DROWSINESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SPIKE WAVE;

ADOLESCENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 0031972254     PISSN: 00134694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-4694(97)00127-2     Document Type: Article

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