Epilepsy Research
Volume 87, Issue 1 , Pages 18-24 , November 2009

Intracranial EEG power and metabolism in human epilepsy

  • J.W. Pan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
    • Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520-8082, USA. Tel.: +1 203 785 4802; fax: +1 203 785 6702.
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  • H.P. Zaveri

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
    • ,
  • D.D. Spencer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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  • H.P. Hetherington

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
    • Department of Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
    • ,
  • S.S. Spencer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA

Received 17 December 2008 ,Revised 24 March 2009 ,Accepted 15 July 2009.

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PII: S0920-1211(09)00195-8

doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2009.07.006

Epilepsy Research
Volume 87, Issue 1 , Pages 18-24 , November 2009

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