'Functional Connectivity' Is a Sensitive Predictor of Epilepsy Diagnosis after the First Seizure

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Douw, Linda ^a   de Groot, Marjolein ^a   van Dellen, Edwin ^a   Heimans, Jan J ^a   Ronner, Hanneke E ^a   Stam, Cornelis J ^a   Reijneveld, Jaap C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EEG ABNORMALITY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THETA RHYTHM;

CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; ROC CURVE; SEIZURES;

EID: 77956535875     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010839     Document Type: Article

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