Epilepsy, unawareness of seizures and driving license: The potential role of 24-hour ambulatory EEG in defining seizure freedom

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-35

  Fattouch, J ^a   Di Bonaventura, C ^a   Lapenta, L ^a   Casciato, S ^a   Fanella, M ^a   Morano, A ^a   Manfredi, M ^a   Giallonardo, A T ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

24 Hour ambulatory EEG; Driving license; Seizure free period; Subclinical seizures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRIVER LICENCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AWARENESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICENSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84866292860     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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