Clinical significance of photic stimulation during routine EEGs of adult patients

Neurodiagnostic Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 356-362

  Ahmed, S Nizam ^a   Unterman, Julie ^b   McCloskey, Bonnie ^b   Sinclair, D Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

EEG; Intermittent photic stimulation (IPS); Photosensitivity

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PHOTOSENSITIVITY;

EPILEPTIFORM DISCHARGES; INTERMITTENT PHOTIC STIMULATION (IPS); PHOTIC STIMULATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPIKE; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

EID: 33846232261     PISSN: 21646821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1086508x.2006.11079594     Document Type: Review

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