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Year : 2012 | Volume
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Digital electroencephalography and long-term video electroencephalography
Ayat Allah Farouk
Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
Correspondence Address:
Ayat Allah Farouk Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Cairo University, Cairo Egypt
Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None | Check |
DOI: 10.7123/01.EJIM.0000415590.13433.52
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EEG is the name commonly used for electroencephalography. EEG is an important test for diagnosing epilepsy. Conventional EEG has relatively low sensitivity in epilepsy, ranging between 25-56%. The combination of wake and sleep records gives a yield of 80% in patients with clinically confirmed epilepsy. Video-EEG is most helpful in determining whether seizures with unusual features are actually epilepsy. |
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