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Which EEG protocol is best in young adults with possible epilepsy?

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boxed-textLeach JP et al. (2006) Which electroencephalography (EEG) for epilepsy? The relative usefulness of different EEG protocols in patients with possible epilepsy. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 77: 1040–1042

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  1. A Krumholz is Professor of Neurology and Director of the Epilepsy Center and Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratory at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.,

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