Epileptic seizures may begin hours in advance of clinical onset: A report of five patients

Neuron

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 51-64

  Litt, Brian ^a   Esteller, Rosana ^b,f   Echauz, Javier ^b,c   D'Alessandro, Maryann ^b   Shor, Rachel ^b   Henry, Thomas ^e   Pennell, Page ^e   Epstein, Charles ^e   Bakay, Roy ^d   Dichter, Marc ^a   Vachtsevanos, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^d NE ^*  (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 17744399912     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(01)00262-8     Document Type: Review

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