Eye Closure Related Spike and Wave Discharges: Clinical and Syndromic Associations

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 106-110

  Baykan Kurt, Betül ^a   Gökyiğit, Ayşen ^a   Parman, Yeşim ^a   Kinay, Demet ^a   Gürses, Candan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Epilepsy; Eye Closure Sensitivity; Eyelid Myoclonia; Photic Stimulation; Seizures; Spike Wave Discharges

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EYELID CLOSURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SPIKE WAVE; TREMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCLONUS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SYNDROME;

EID: 0343049089     PISSN: 15500594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155005949903000306     Document Type: Article

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