The Necessity for Sphenoidal Electrodes in the Presurgical Evaluation of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: Pro Position

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 299-304

  Sperling, Michael R ^a,b   Guina, Lia ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

EEG; Sphenoidal electrodes; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; SKIN ELECTRODE; SPHENOID; SPIKE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ARTIFACTS; BRAIN MAPPING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTRODES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0346158260     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-200309000-00001     Document Type: Review

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