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Nathan B Fountain1, John M Freeman.
Abstract
The authors debate whether routine EEG is an essential clinical tool for evaluation of a first seizure. One author suggests that because of the positive predictive value of interictal spikes for seizure recurrence, the EEG is a useful tool. The other author argues that since many clinicians would not treat after a single seizure, even if the EEG were abnormal, the EEG is not essential. Both authors agree that the EEG should only be ordered with forethought to answer a specific question.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID： 17044821 DOI： 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00655.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Epilepsia ISSN： 0013-9580 Impact factor: 5.864