When should a sleep-deprived EEG be performed following a presumed first seizure in adults?

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 202-205

  Gandelman Marton, R ^a,b   Theitler, J ^a,b  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Epileptiform discharges; Seizure; Sleep deprived EEG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEIZURE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961186865     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2010.01453.x     Document Type: Article

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