Benign EEG variants

Neurodiagnostic Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 88-101

  Mushtaq, Romila ^a   Van Cott, Anne C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign variant; EEG; Epilepsy; Seizures; Sleep

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DISEASES; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC DISCHARGES; NEUROPHYSIOLOGISTS; SEIZURE DISORDERS;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY;

BENIGN EEG VARIANT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DROWSINESS; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SPIKE; SPIKE WAVE; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 20344369799     PISSN: 21646821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1086508x.2005.11079516     Document Type: Review

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