High kurtosis of intracranial electroencephalogram as a marker of ictogenicity in pediatric epilepsy surgery

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 93-99

  Akiyama, Tomoyuki ^a   Osada, Makoto ^a   Isowa, Masahide ^a   Go, Cristina Y ^a   Ochi, Ayako ^a   Elliott, Irene M ^a   Akiyama, Mari ^a   Carter Snead, O ^a   Rutka, James T ^a   Drake, James M ^a   Otsubo, Hiroshi ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epileptogenesis; Epileptogenic zone; Intracranial electroencephalogram; Kurtosis; Pediatric epilepsy surgery

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; HUMAN; KUTOSIS ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84655163903     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.05.026     Document Type: Article

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