Abnormal quantitative EEG scores identify patients with complicated idiopathic generalised epilepsy

Seizure

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 366-374

  Clemens, Béla ^a  

^a Kenezy Korhaz Rendelointezet   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Idiopathic generalised epilepsy; Personality disorder; Pharmacoresistance; Quantitative EEG

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 3543120103     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2003.09.012     Document Type: Article

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