Tactile-evoked rolandic discharges: A benign finding?

Epilepsia

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 221-227

  Langill, Lisa ^a   Wong, Peter K H ^a  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childhood; EEG; Epilepsy; Rolandic discharges; Tactile

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROLANDIC EPILEPSY; SEIZURE; TACTILE STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; EPILEPSY, ROLANDIC; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOUCH;

EID: 0037320695     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2003.01502.x     Document Type: Article

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