Diagnostic yield of sequential routine EEG and extended outpatient video-EEG monitoring

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 190-196

  Modur, Pradeep N ^a   Rigdon, Barbara ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

EEG; Epilepsy; Outpatient; Seizure; Video EEG monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OUTPATIENTS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 37649023679     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2007.09.128     Document Type: Article

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