Very Fast Rhythmic Activity on Scalp EEG Associated with Epileptic Spasms

Epilepsia

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 488-496

  Kobayashi, Katsuhiro ^a,b   Oka, Makio ^a   Akiyama, Tomoyuki ^a   Inoue, Takushi ^a   Abiru, Kiyoko ^a   Ogino, Tatsuya ^a   Yoshinaga, Harumi ^a   Ohtsuka, Yoko ^a   Oka, Eiji ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

EEG; Frequency analysis; Gamma activity; Spasms; West syndrome

Indexed keywords

AICARDI SYNDROME; ALTERNATING CURRENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYZER; GAMMA RHYTHM; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SEIZURE; SYNDROME DELINEATION; WEST SYNDROME;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 2342478544     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.45703.x     Document Type: Article

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