Interictal rhythmical midline theta differentiates frontal from temporal lobe epilepsies

Epilepsia

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 550-555

  Beleza, Pedro ^a,b   Bilgin, Özgür ^a   Noachtar, Soheyl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Sao Marcos Hospital   (Portugal)

Author keywords

EEG; Epilepsy monitoring; Epilepsy surgery; Epileptogenic zone

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THETA RHYTHM; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61849169461     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01780.x     Document Type: Article

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