Focal Seizures and EEG: Prognostic Considerations

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 174-181

  Hughes, John R ^a   Fino, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; Electroencephalography; Epilepsy; Prediction; Seizures; Slow Waves; Spikes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; SPIKE WAVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEIZURES;

EID: 0141669054     PISSN: 15500594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155005940303400403     Document Type: Article

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