The utility of prolonged outpatient ambulatory EEG

Seizure

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 491-495

  Faulkner, Howard J ^a,b   Arima, Hisatomi ^c   Mohamed, Armin ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ambulatory EEG; Epilepsy; Interictal epileptiform discharges

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; OUTPATIENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863981814     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2012.04.015     Document Type: Article

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