Utilization of below-the-hairline EEG in detecting subclinical seizures

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-18

  Bubrick, Ellen J ^a   Bromfield, Edward B ^a   Dworetzky, Barbara A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Emergency EEG; Hairline EEG recording; Nonconvulsive status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELOW THE HAIRLINE ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONCONVULSIVE EPILEPTIC STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT;

EID: 77749267999     PISSN: 15500594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155005941004100105     Document Type: Article

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