Review Article

Electroencephalography in Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: A Review

Table 4

Conditions that increase the yield of EEG detecting interictal epileptiform discharges.

In children and seizure starting in earlier life
Within 48 hours after a seizure
Certain epilepsy syndromes such as benign rolandic epilepsy, Lennox Gastaut, and Landau Kleffner
Greater seizure frequency
Sleep and sleep deprivation
Serial EEGs