Clinical correlates of frontal intermittent rhythmic delta activity in children

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 525-529

  Watemberg, Nathan ^a   Gandelman, Revital ^b   Neufeld, Miri Y ^c   Ginsberg, Mira ^a   Lerman Sagie, Tally ^a   Kramer, Uri ^c  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELTA RHYTHM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0042384357     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08830738030180080601     Document Type: Article

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