Seizures and adverse events during routine scalp electroencephalography: A clinical and EEG analysis of 1000 records

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-30

  Angus Leppan, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activation procedures; Adverse events; Electroencephalography; Hyperventilation; Photic stimulation; Scalp EEG; Seizures; Sleep EEG

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IDIOPATHIC GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SCALP; SEIZURE; SLEEP; STANDARD; TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCALP; SEIZURES;

EID: 33845673451     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2006.08.014     Document Type: Article

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