Misdiagnosis of epilepsy due to errors in EEG interpretation

Practical Neurology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 323-325

  Benbadis, Selim R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HUMAN;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 35448983948     PISSN: 14747758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2007.124370     Document Type: Article

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