Interictal epileptiform activity in elderly patients with epilepsy

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 369-373

  Drury, Ivo ^a   Beydoun, Ahmad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

EEG; Elderly; Epilepsy; Interictal epileptiform activity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032055587     PISSN: 00134694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-4694(97)00158-2     Document Type: Article

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