Preictal vs Interictal - What's the difference?
preictal | interictal | Related terms |
(medicine) Between epileptic seizures.
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Interictal is a related term of preictal.
As adjectives the difference between preictal and interictal
is that preictal is before an ictal attack while interictal is between epileptic seizures.interictal
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(Ictal)Alternative forms
* inter-ictalAdjective
(-)page 839,
- Considering these data, the spatial relationships between lesions and the localization of interictal spikes can vary and seem to depend on the lesion type.
page 701,
- The diagnosis of epilepsy is primarily clinical; however, routine interictal EEG plays a crucial role in the diagnosis and management of patients with this paroxysmal neurological disorder (Binnie and Stefan 1999; Pillai and Sperling 2006).
page 400,
- This sleep disruption may, in part, be related to the interictal' discharge. The ' interictal discharge is the electrical signature typically associated with epilepsy between seizures.
page 677,
- This may be the reason why most authorities in the field recommend relying mainly on the ictal data, and less on the interictal EEG.