Characteristic distribution of interictal brain electrical activity in idiopathic generalized epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 941-949

  Clemens, Béla ^a   Bessenyei, Mónika ^a   Piros, Pálma ^a   Tóth, Márton ^b   Seress, László ^b   Kondákor, István ^b  

^a Kenezy Korhaz Rendelointezet   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

EEG; Epilepsy; Idiopathic generalized; LORETA

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN CORTEX; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HEMISPHERE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; ONTOGENY; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THETA RHYTHM;

ADOLESCENT; ALPHA RHYTHM; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOCORTEX; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 34248580878     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01030.x     Document Type: Article

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