EEG in the diagnosis, classification, and management of patients with epilepsy

Neurology in Practice

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Smith, Shelagh J M ^a  

^a EPILEPSY SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LANDAU KLEFFNER SYNDROME; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANTICONVULSANTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; SYNDROME;

EID: 20444390669     PISSN: 14737086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2005.069245     Document Type: Review

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