Magnetoencephalographic studies of focal epileptic activity in three patients with epilepsy suggestive of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 158-163

  Sakurai, Kotaro ^a   Tanaka, Naoaki ^a   Kamada, Kyousuke ^b   Takeuchi, Fumiya ^a   Takeda, Youji ^a   Koyama, Tsukasa ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Lennox Gastaut syndrome; Magnetoencephalography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION;

EID: 34347360538     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2007.0104     Document Type: Article

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