Epilepsy Research
Volume 88, Issue 2 , Pages 100-107 , February 2010

MEG time–frequency analyses for pre- and post-surgical evaluation of patients with epileptic rhythmic fast activity

  • Keitaro Sueda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, North 15 West 7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8638, Japan
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  • Fumiya Takeuchi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Science, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Japan
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  • Hideaki Shiraishi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, North 15 West 7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8638, Japan
    • ,
  • Shingo Nakane

      Affiliations

    • Division of Magnetoencephalography, Hokkaido University Hospital, Japan
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  • Naoko Asahina

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, North 15 West 7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8638, Japan
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  • Shinobu Kohsaka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, North 15 West 7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8638, Japan
    • ,
  • Hideyuki Nakama

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Musashi Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Japan
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  • Taisuke Otsuki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Musashi Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Japan
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  • Yutaka Sawamura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
    • ,
  • Shinji Saitoh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, North 15 West 7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8638, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 11 706 5954; fax: +81 11 706 7898.

Received 4 April 2009 ,Revised 21 September 2009 ,Accepted 4 October 2009.

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PII: S0920-1211(09)00290-3

doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2009.10.002

Epilepsy Research
Volume 88, Issue 2 , Pages 100-107 , February 2010

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