Benign rolandic epilepsy - Perhaps not so benign: Use of magnetic source imaging as a predictor of outcome

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 389-393

  Perkins Jr , Frederick F ^a   Breier, Joshua ^b   McManis, H Mark ^a   Castillo, Eduardo ^b   Wheless, James ^a   McGregor, L Amy ^a   Chacon, Monica ^b   Clarke, F Dave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign rolandic epilepsy; Epileptiform; Language; Magnetoencephalography; Single equivalent current dipole; Somatosensory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COORDINATION DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROLANDIC EPILEPSY; SPIKE WAVE; VIDEORECORDING; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; EPILEPSY, ROLANDIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 41549140877     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073807309239     Document Type: Article

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