Video electroencephalography monitoring differentiates between epileptic and non-epileptic seizures

Danish Medical Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Nørmark, Mette Borch ^a   Erdal, Jesper ^b   Kjær, Troels Wesenberg ^c  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIDEORECORDING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052531681     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16039629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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