Benign epileptiform discharges in Rolandic region with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: MEG, scalp and intracranial EEG features

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-64

  Ramachandrannair, R ^a,b   Ochi, A ^a   Benifla, M ^a   Rutka, J T ^a   Snead III, O C ^a   Otsubo, H ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benign epileptiform discharges; Epilepsy surgery; Hippocampal sclerosis; Intracranial EEG; Magnetoencephalography; Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy; Rolandic dipoles

Indexed keywords

BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DIPOLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; GAZE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE; REVIEW; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCHOOL CHILD; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; SCLEROSIS;

EID: 34250814705     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2006.00759.x     Document Type: Review

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