Repeating video/EEG monitoring: Why and with what results?

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 472-473

  Muniz, Juan ^a   Benbadis, Selim R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures; Seizures; Video EEG monitoring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PATIENT MONITORING; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SEIZURE; VIDEORECORDING;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 77955583752     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.06.014     Document Type: Article

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