Characteristics and clinical significance of subclinical seizures

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2016-2021

  Zangaladze, Andro ^a,b   Nei, Maromi ^b   Liporace, Joyce D ^b,c   Sperling, Michael R ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c JFK Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Intracranial EEG; Seizure; Seizure outcome; Subclinical seizure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57449109524     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01672.x     Document Type: Article

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