Analysis of background EEG activity in patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
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Analysis of background EEG activity in patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
PURPOSE To analyze background EEG activity of patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) with and without antiepileptic drugs. METHODS We studied the background EEG activity in 18 patients with JME. The qEEG analysis included absolute power (AP), relative power (RP) and mean frequency (MF) of delta, theta, alpha and beta bands. The Z scores were calculated by comparison with population p...
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عنوان ژورنال: Seizure
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1059-1311
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2007.12.009