Resting motor threshold in idiopathic generalized epilepsies: A systematic review with meta-analysis

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 3-13

  Brigo, Francesco ^a,b   Storti, Monica ^a   Benedetti, Maria Donata ^a   Rossini, Fabio ^a   Nardone, Raffaele ^b,c   Tezzon, Frediano ^b   Fiaschi, Antonio ^a   Bongiovanni, Luigi Giuseppe ^a   Manganotti, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b FRANZ TAPPEINER HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Idiopathic generalized epilepsy; Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy; Resting motor threshold; Systematic review meta analysis; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RESTING MOTOR THRESHOLD; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY, JUVENILE; NEURONS; PUBLICATION BIAS; SEIZURES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865090901     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2012.03.020     Document Type: Review

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