Are prodromes preictal events? A prospective PDA-based study

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 184-188

  Maiwald, Thomas ^a,b   Blumberg, Julie ^c,d   Timmer, Jens ^a   Schulze Bonhage, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory monitoring; Epilepsy; Personal digital assistant; Prediction; Prodrome; Prospective; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALARM MONITOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MALE; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PREDICTION; PRODROME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958750584     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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