Motor cortical thresholds and cortical silent periods in epilepsy
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Motor cortical thresholds and cortical silent periods in epilepsy
We studied motor cortical thresholds (TIs) and cortical silent periods (SPs) evoked by transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in 110 epileptic patients. Sixty-two had primary generalised, 48 had partial type seizures. Fifteen out 110 patients were analysed both before and after anticonvulsant medication. Our aims were to evaluate the TI levels and the duration of SPs in patients with epilepsy ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Seizure
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1059-1311
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2003.11.003