Broad sharp waves - An underrecognized EEG pattern in patients with epileptic seizures

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 250-254

  Bauer, Gerhard ^a   Bauer, Richard ^a   Dobesberger, Judith ^a   Unterberger, Iris ^a   Ortler, Martin ^a   Ndayisaba, Jean Pierre ^a   Trinka, Eugen ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Broad sharp wave; Craniotomy; Epileptiform EEG pattern; Frontal lobe epilepsy; Symptomatic epilepsy; Zeta wave

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM CLIP; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TUMOR; BROAD SHARP WAVE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEIZURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SYMPTOMATIC EPILEPSY; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SEIZURES;

EID: 58149279351     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e3181879d31     Document Type: Article

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