Value of scalp delayed rhythmic ictal transformation (DRIT) in presurgical assessment of temporal lobe epilepsy

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1269-1274

  Alarcón, Gonzalo ^a,b,c   Muthinji, Peter ^a   Kissani, Najib ^d   Polkey, Charles E ^b   Valentín, Antonio ^a,b  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d Neurology Department   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Clinical neurophysiology; EEG; Foramen ovale electrodes; Presurgical assessment; Rhythmic ictal transformation; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DELAYED RHYTHMIC ICTAL TRANSFORMATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MESIAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; TELEMETRY; WAVEFORM;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FORAMEN OVALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PERIODICITY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCALP; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861657289     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.10.047     Document Type: Article

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