Usefulness of a morning routine EEG recording in patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-21

  Labate, Angelo ^a,b   Ambrosio, Roberta ^a   Gambardella, Antonio ^a,b   Sturniolo, Miriam ^b   Pucci, Franco ^a   Quattrone, Aldo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

Author keywords

EEG; JME; Photosensitivity

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY, JUVENILE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

EID: 35348884755     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2007.07.010     Document Type: Article

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