Quantitative EEG characteristics of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in adults

Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 368-377

  Markovska Simoska, Silvana ^a   Pop Jordanova, Nada ^b  

^a MACEDONIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS   (Macedonia)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Macedonia)

Author keywords

Adults; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Brain waves; QEEG; Subtypes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BETA RHYTHM; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 78651238223     PISSN: 18575749     EISSN: 18575773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3889/MJMS.1857-5773.2010.0124     Document Type: Article

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