The 'forced normalisation' of Landolt - An EEG phenomenon?

Schweizer Archiv fur Neurologie und Psychiatrie

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 264-267

  Mothersill, I W ^a   Ried, S ^a  

^a SWISS EPILEPSY CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

EEG; Forced normalisation; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSIS;

EID: 0032468010     PISSN: 02587661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/sanp.1998.01070     Document Type: Conference Paper

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