Usefulness of single-channel amplitude-integrated electroencephalography for continuous seizure monitoring in infancy: A case report

Brain and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 766-770

  Okumura, Akihisa ^a,b   Komatsu, Mitsutaka ^b   Kitamura, Tomohiro ^b   Matsui, Kotoko ^b   Sato, Toshihiko ^b   Shimizu, Toshiaki ^a   Watanabe, Kazuyoshi ^c  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Urayasu Ichikawa City Hospital   (Japan)

^c AICHI SHUKUTOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amplitude integrated EEG; Benign partial epilepsy in infancy; Clustered seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; MIDAZOLAM;

ARTICLE; BENIGN PARTIAL EPILEPSY IN INFANCY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRICIAN; RECORDING; SEIZURE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; SEIZURES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 70350170512     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2008.11.009     Document Type: Article

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