Epilepsy: Does continuous EEG monitoring improve seizure control?

Nature Reviews Neurology

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 581-582

  Lesser, Ronald P ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC;

EID: 70449368585     PISSN: 17594758     EISSN: 17594766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2009.151     Document Type: Article

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