The role of EEG in epilepsy: A critical review

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-33

  Noachtar, Soheyl ^a   Rémi, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

EEG; EEG video monitoring; Epilepsy; Epileptiform discharges; Invasive EEG

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; FLUMAZENIL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

AGE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING ERROR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SLEEP; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; SPIKE WAVE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VIDEORECORDING;

BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS;

EID: 67349125387     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.02.035     Document Type: Review

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