The diagnostic utility of EEG in early-onset dementia: A systematic review of the literature with narrative analysis

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 59-69

  Micanovic, Christina ^a   Pal, Suvankar ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b FORTH VALLEY ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Early onset dementia; Electroencephalography; Frontotemporal dementia; Lewy body dementia; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DELTA RHYTHM; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY ONSET DEMENTIA; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THETA RHYTHM;

BRAIN; DEMENTIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84892674701     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-013-1070-5     Document Type: Review

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