Controversies in Usefulness of EEG for Clinical Decision in Epilepsy: Pros. And Cons. |
Soochul Park |
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ABSTRACT |
Electroencephalogram (EEG) is an indispensable tool for diagnosis of epilepsy and is the only assisting barometer of complete remission of epilepsy, which means prolonged, persistent suppression of cortical excitement in epileptic focus in addition to the clinical control of epileptic seizure. The specific morphologies or distribution of epileptic form discharges give us good information for the classification of seizure or epilepsy and epileptic syndromes, which consists of |
Key words:
EEG, epilepsy, Pros., Cons. |
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