Prevalence of benign epileptiform variants observed in an EEG laboratory from South India

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 280-285

  Radhakrishnan, K ^a   Santoshkumar, B ^a   Venugopal, A ^a  

^a Section of Electroencephalography   (India)

Author keywords

Benign epileptiform variants; Epilepsy; Etectroencephalography; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032897727     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(98)00002-9     Document Type: Article

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