Features of the K-complex waves in refractory nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 92, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 219-225

  Si, Yang ^a   Liu, Ling ^a   Li, Qiong ^a   Mu, Jie ^a   Tian, Lin Yu ^a   Chen, Jia Ni ^a   Zhou, Dong ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

K complex; NFLE; VEEG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY NOCTURAL FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; SEIZURE; SLEEP STAGE; SPIKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650174152     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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