Characteristics of slow waves on EEG associated with epileptic spasms

Epilepsia

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1098-1105

  Kobayashi, Katsuhiro ^a,b   Oka, Makio ^a   Inoue, Takushi ^a   Ogino, Tatsuya ^a   Yoshinaga, Harumi ^a   Ohtsuka, Yoko ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

EEG; Map; Slow wave; Spasm; West syndrome

Indexed keywords

AICARDI SYNDROME; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SCALP; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE; WEST SYNDROME;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 21844437833     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2005.63004.x     Document Type: Article

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