Epilepsy Research
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 357-362 , November 1998

Clinical utility of sleep-deprived versus computer-assisted ambulatory 16-channel EEG in epilepsy patients: a multi-center study

  • Joyce Liporace

      Affiliations

    • Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 111 South 11th Street, Suite 4150 Gibbon Building, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 215 9551222; fax: +1 215 9553745; e-mail: Joyce.Liporace@mail.tju.edu
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  • William Tatum IV

      Affiliations

    • Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, USA
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  • George Lee Morris III

      Affiliations

    • Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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  • Jacqueline French

      Affiliations

    • University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Received 9 February 1998 ,Revised 17 April 1998 ,Accepted 28 April 1998.

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Epilepsy Research
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 357-362 , November 1998

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