Electroencephalography in clinical epilepsy research

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 126-133

  Herman, Susan T ^a,b   Takeoka, Masanori ^c   Hughes, John R ^d   Drislane, Frank W ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign epilepsy of childhood with centrotemporal spikes; Cognition; Diagnosis; EEG monitoring; Electroencephalography; Epilepsy; ICU; Nonconvulsive status epilepticus; Seizure; Treatment of seizures

Indexed keywords

BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; REVIEW; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAKEFULNESS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, ROLANDIC; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC;

EID: 80052515668     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.06.009     Document Type: Review

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