Quantitative EEG in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 399-406

  Amer, Dalal A ^a   Rakhawy, Mona Y ^a   El Kholy, Saly H ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

ADHD; Conners' parent rating scale; QEEG; Theta beta rancreased theta betatio

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALERTNESS; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BETA RHYTHM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELTA RHYTHM; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; POWER SPECTRUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 77957315543     PISSN: 11101083     EISSN: 16878329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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