Electroencephalography/functional MRI in human epilepsy: What it currently can and cannot do

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 417-423

  Laufs, Helmut ^a,b   Duncan, John S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EPILEPSY SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Epilepsy; Epilepsy surgery; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Interictal epileptic activity

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; NEUROBIOLOGY; POPULATION; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 34447339937     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e3282202b92     Document Type: Review

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