Paroxysmal fast activity: An interictal scalp EEG marker of epileptogenesis in children

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-106

  Wu, Joyce Y ^a   Koh, Susan ^a   Sankar, Raman ^a   Mathern, Gary W ^b  

^a MATTEL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Epilepsy; Fast ripples; Hypsarrythmia; Ictogenesis; Lennox Gastaut; PFA

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONREM SLEEP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; AGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP STAGE; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP STAGES; SPASMS, INFANTILE; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64149112422     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2008.07.010     Document Type: Article

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