Epileptic spasms in older pediatric patients: MEG and ictal high-frequency oscillations suggest focal-onset seizures in a subset of epileptic spasms

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 78, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 216-224

  RamachandranNair, Rajesh ^a   Ochi, Ayako ^a   Imai, Katsumi ^a   Benifla, Mony ^a   Akiyama, Tomoyuki ^a   Holowka, Stephanie ^a   Rutka, James T ^a   Snead III, O Carter ^a   Otsubo, Hiroshi ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epileptic spasms; Focal onset seizures; Ictal high frequency oscillations; Magnetoencephalography; Older pediatric patients

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC SPASM; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HETEROTOPIA; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MICROGYRIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SEIZURES; SPASM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38549135048     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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