Prevalence and clinical significance of epileptiform EEG discharges in a large memory clinic cohort

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 432-437

  Liedorp, Maarten ^a   Stam, Cornelis J ^a   Van Der Flier, Wiesje M ^a   Pijnenburg, Yolande A L ^a   Scheltens, Philip ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Differential diagnosis; EEG; Epilepsy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 77952527480     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000278620     Document Type: Article

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