Outcome of prolonged video-EEG monitoring at a typical referral epilepsy center

Epilepsia

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1150-1153

  Benbadis, Selim R ^a,b   O'Neill, Edward ^a   Tatum, William O ^a   Heriaud, Leanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonepileptic seizure; Psychogenic; Video EEG

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SURGICAL PATIENT; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FLORIDA; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; VAGUS NERVE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 4544289315     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.14504.x     Document Type: Review

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