Very slow eeg responses lateralize temporal lobe seizures: An evaluation of non-invasive DC-EEG

Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1098-1104

  Vanhatalo, S ^a,b   Holmes, M D ^a   Tallgren, P ^b   Voipio, J ^b   Kaila, K ^b   Miller, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0037426451     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000052993.37621.CC     Document Type: Article

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