Characteristics and clinical significance of delta brushes in the EEG of premature infants

Clinical Neurophysiology Practice

Volumn 2, Issue , 2016, Pages 12-18

  Whitehead, Kimberley ^a   Pressler, Ronit ^a,b   Fabrizi, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delta brushes; Neonatal EEG; Spontaneous activity transients

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026899375     PISSN: 2467981X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnp.2016.11.002     Document Type: Review

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