Cortical excitability in drug-naive patients with partial epilepsy: A cross-sectional study

Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2051-2055

  Varrasi, C ^a   Civardi, C ^a   Boccagni, C ^a   Cecchin, M ^a   Vicentini, R ^a   Monaco, F ^a   Cantello, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b Amedeo Avogadro University   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 10444290767     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000145770.95990.82     Document Type: Article

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