Normal "suspicious" EEG

Neurology

Volumn 80, Issue 1 SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Tatum, William O ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LEARNING; PATIENT SAFETY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 84873654901     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e31827974df     Document Type: Article

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