Gamma frequency SSVEP components differentiate children with febrile seizures from normal controls

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1946-1949

  Birca, Ala ^b   Carmant, Lionel ^b   Lortie, Anne ^b   Vannasing, Phetsamone ^b   Lassonde, Maryse ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Evoked potentials; Gamma activity; Phase; Quantitative EEG analysis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STEADY STATE; STROBOSCOPY;

CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 55349111805     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01878.x     Document Type: Article

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