ORIGINAL RESEARCH

The issue of preserving interictal activityin long-term EEG studies of epilepsy

Gulyaev SA1,2, Klimanov SG1, Germashev GA1, Khanukhova LM2, Garmash AA1
About authors

1 Engineering and Physical Institute of Biomedicine, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow, Russia

2 La Salute Clinic, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Sergey A. Gulyaev
Ramenki, 31, k. 136, Moscow, 119607; ur.xednay@ssurgres

About paper

Author contribution: Gulyaev SA— study concept, EEG analysis, manuscript writing; Klimanov SG, Germashev GA, Khanukhova LM — data analysis; Garmash AA — project management.

Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the La Salute Clinic (protocol No. 11-011/24 dated 11 January 2024); it was conducted in accordance with the contract between the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI and La Salute Clinic (No. 09-01/23 dated 09 January 2023) and the principles set out in the Declaration of Helsinki (1964) and its subsequent updates.

Received: 2024-03-12 Accepted: 2024-06-08 Published online: 2024-06-26
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