Prevalence of benign epileptiform variants

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 856-861

  Santoshkumar, Balagopal ^a,b   Chong, Jaron J R ^c   Blume, Warren T ^a,b   McLachlan, Richard S ^a,b   Young, G Bryan ^a,b   Diosy, David C ^a,b   Burneo, Jorge G ^a,b   Mirsattari, Seyed M ^a,b  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benign epileptiform variants; Electroencephalography; Epilepsy; Laboratory; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN EPILEPTIFORM VARIANT; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROWSINESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIKE WAVE; THETA RHYTHM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THETA RHYTHM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349146430     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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