First seizure: EEG and neuroimaging following an epileptic seizure

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 19-25

  Pohlmann Eden, Bernd ^a   Newton, Mark ^b  

^a EPILEPSY CENTER BETHEL   (Germany)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computerized tomography; Diagnosis; EEG; First seizure; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STROKE;

EID: 37749054469     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01445.x     Document Type: Article

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