Use and abuse of EEG in the diagnosis of idiopathic generalized epilepsies

Epilepsia

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPL. 9, 2005, Pages 96-107

  Koutroumanidis, Michael ^a   Smith, Shelagh ^b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; EEG; Idiopathic generalized epilepsies

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; BRAIN MAPPING; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS; SYNDROME;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN MAPPING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; SYNDROME;

EID: 27944434762     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2005.00320.x     Document Type: Review

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