Interictal EEG and the diagnosis of epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 14-22

  Pillai, Jyoti ^a   Sperling, Michael R ^a,b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

EEG; Epilepsy; Generalized Spike and Wave; Interictal Spike

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CLOZAPINE; ETHOSUXIMIDE; LAMOTRIGINE; LITHIUM; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ANAMNESIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; HYPERVENTILATION; INTERICTAL ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; NONREM SLEEP; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKILL; SKIN ELECTRODE; SPIKE WAVE; THETA RHYTHM; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VIDEORECORDING;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33749509955     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00654.x     Document Type: Review

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