Usefulness of a simple sleep-deprived EEG protocol for epilepsy diagnosis in de novo subjects

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 124, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2101-2107

  Giorgi, Filippo S ^a   Perini, Daria ^a   Maestri, Michelangelo ^a,b   Guida, Melania ^a   Pizzanelli, Chiara ^a   Caserta, Anna ^a   Iudice, Alfonso ^a   Bonanni, Enrica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Neurocenter of the Southern Switzerland   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electroencephalogram; Epilepsy; Epileptic interictal abnormalities; Sleep deprivation; Sleep wake cycle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPH; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

EID: 84885848297     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2013.04.342     Document Type: Article

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