The contribution of the EEG technologists in the diagnosis of Panayiotopoulos syndrome (susceptibility to early onset benign childhood autonomic seizures)

Seizure

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 565-573

  Sanders, Sue ^a   Rowlinson, Shaun ^a   Manidakis, Ioannis ^a   Ferrie, Colin D ^b   Koutroumanidis, Michael ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EEG technologists; Epilepsy diagnosis; Panayiotopoulos syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALITIS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PANAYIOTOPOULOS SYNDROME; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNDROME;

EID: 3242733279     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2004.01.006     Document Type: Article

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