Value of the Early Electroencephalogram after a First Unprovoked Seizure

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 140-144

  Schreiner, A ^a   Pohlmann Eden, B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adults; Electroencephalography; Epilepsy; First Unprovoked; Predictive Value; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURES; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

EID: 0042164991     PISSN: 15500594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155005940303400307     Document Type: Article

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