Evaluating the use of prolonged video-EEG monitoring to assess future seizure risk and fitness to drive

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 608-611

  Kamel, Jordan T ^a   Christensen, Britt ^a   Odell, Morris S ^b   D'Souza, Wendyl J ^a   Cook, Mark J ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Automobile driving; Seizure prediction; Video electroencephalography monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; VIDEO ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DRIVE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649940872     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.09.026     Document Type: Article

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