Adding video recording increases the diagnostic yield of routine electroencephalograms in children with frequent paroxysmal events

Epilepsia

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 716-719

  Watemberg, Nathan ^a,b   Tziperman, Barak ^a   Dabby, Ron ^a   Hasan, Mariana ^a   Zehavi, Liora ^a   Lerman Sagie, Tally ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Children; Electro encephalogram; Routine; Video recording

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCLONUS; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; STEREOTYPY; TIC; TREMOR; VIDEORECORDING;

AGE FACTORS; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 18244389685     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2005.50004.x     Document Type: Article

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