EEG in Common Epilepsy Syndromes: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Keywords

absence epilepsy, neonatal seizures, symptomatic epilepsy, cryptogenic epilepsy, idiopathic epilepsy, benign partial epilepsy of childhood with occipital paroxysms, benign rolandic epilepsy, hypsarrhythmia, infantile spasms, juvenile absence epilepsy, juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, West syndrome, Lennox-Gastaut syndrome

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Raj D Sheth, MD, Division Chief, Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Nemours Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children
Raj D Sheth, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Neurology, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Epilepsy Society, American Neurological Association, and Child Neurology Society
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Medical Editor

Sydney Louis, MD, Emeritus Professor, Department of Neurology, Brown University School of Medicine
Sydney Louis, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Neurology
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Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine
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Managing Editor

Norberto Alvarez, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School; Consulting Staff, Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital
Norberto Alvarez, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Neurology, American Epilepsy Society, and Child Neurology Society
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CME Editor

Selim R Benbadis, MD, Professor, Director of Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of South Florida School of Medicine, Tampa General Hospital
Selim R Benbadis, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Neurology, American Academy of Sleep Medicine, American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, American Epilepsy Society, and American Medical Association
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Chief Editor

Selim R Benbadis, MD, Professor, Director of Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of South Florida School of Medicine, Tampa General Hospital
Selim R Benbadis, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Neurology, American Academy of Sleep Medicine, American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, American Epilepsy Society, and American Medical Association
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