Hidden focal EEG seizures during prolonged suppressions and high-amplitude bursts in early infantile epileptic encephalopathy

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1113-1117

  Al Futaisi, Amna ^a   Banwell, Brenda ^a   Ochi, Ayako ^a   Hew, Justine ^a   Chu, Bill ^a   Oishi, Makoto ^a   Otsubo, Hiroshi ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Digital EEG; Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy; Hidden focal EEG seizure; Interictal discharge; Suppression burst pattern

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BIOTIN; ETHOSUXIMIDE; FOLIC ACID; PHENOBARBITAL; PREDNISONE; PYRIDOXINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN; ZONISAMIDE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFANT DISEASE; MUSCLE SPASM; MYOCLONUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 17044388570     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2004.12.010     Document Type: Article

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