Does hyperventilation elicit epileptic seizures?

Epilepsia

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 618-620

  Holmes, Mark D ^a,c   Dewaraja, Asanka S ^a   Vanhatalo, Sampsa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation procedure; EEG; Epileptic seizures; Hyperventilation; Hypocapnia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERVENTILATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 3042685683     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.63803.x     Document Type: Article

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