No, we should not treat the EEG because most EEGs read as epileptiform are really normal

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 134-

  Benbadis, Selim R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIZZINESS; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LETTER; PARESTHESIA; SYNCOPE;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS;

EID: 72949102846     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.10.009     Document Type: Letter

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