Clinical correlation of occipital intermittent rhythmic delta activity

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-41

  Gullapalli, Dakshin ^b   Fountain, Nathan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

EEG; Epilepsy; OIRDA

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCIPITAL INTERMITTENT RHYTHMIC DELTA ACTIVITY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; DELTA RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

EID: 0345700773     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-200302000-00004     Document Type: Article

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