Electroclinical Features in Children and Adolescents with Epilepsy and/or Migraine, and Occipital Epileptiform EEG Abnormalities

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 76-82

  Brinciotti, Mario ^a   di Sabato, Maria Lucia ^a   Matricardi, Maria ^a   Guidetti, Vincenzo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Electroencephalography; Epilepsy; Migraine; Occipital EEG Abnormalities; Visual Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERVENTILATION; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SYNDROME;

EID: 0034115339     PISSN: 15500594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155005940003100205     Document Type: Article

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