EEG features of absence seizures in idiopathic generalized epilepsy: Impact of syndrome, age, and state

Epilepsia

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1572-1578

  Sadleir, Lynette Grant ^a   Scheffer, Ingrid E ^b   Smith, Sherry ^c   Carstensen, Bendix ^b   Farrell, Kevin ^c   Connolly, Mary B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absence seizures; EEG; Idiopathic generalized epilepsy; Pediatric epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROWSINESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SLEEP; SPIKE WAVE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 66849109375     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.02001.x     Document Type: Article

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