Definition of the postictal state: When does it start and end?

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 100-104

  Fisher, Robert S ^a   Engel, Jerome J ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Epilepsy; Epileptiform; Ictal; Interictal; Postictal; Seizure; Spike waves; Spikes

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; POSTICTAL STATE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; SPIKE WAVE;

BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77957337143     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.06.038     Document Type: Review

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