Presurgical evaluation of patients with epilepsy and normal MRI: Role of scalp video-EEG telemetry

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-71

  Scott, C A ^a   Fish, D R ^a,b,c   Smith, S J M ^a,b   Free, S L ^b   Stevens, J M ^a,b   Thompson, P J ^a,b   Duncan, J S ^a,b,c   Shorvon, S D ^a,b,c   Harkness, W F J ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b EPILEPSY SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Video EEG telemetry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; TELEMETRY; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0032990634     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.66.1.69     Document Type: Article

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