Magnetic stimulation in the treatment of partial seizures.

@article{Anninos1991MagneticSI,
  title={Magnetic stimulation in the treatment of partial seizures.},
  author={Photios A. Anninos and Nicolaos Tsagas and Reuven Sandyk and K Derpapas},
  journal={The International journal of neuroscience},
  year={1991},
  volume={60 3-4},
  pages={
          141-71
        }
}
We have recently demonstrated that Magnetoencephalographic (MEG) brain measurements in patients with seizure disorders show significant MEG activity often in the absence of conventional EEG abnormalities. We localized foci of seizure activity using the mapping technique characterized by the ISO-Spectral Amplitude (ISO-SA) on the scalp distribution of specified spectral components or frequency bands of the emitted MEG Fourier power spectrum. In addition, using an electronic device, we utilized… 
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