Interictal EEG in Diagnosis and Assessment of Epilepsy

The routine interictal electroencephalogram(EEG) continues to play an important role in the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy. The clinical investigation of brain disease in the last decade has been marked by dramatic advances in functional imaging. magnetic resonance scanning and digitized EEG. Epilepsy is a disorder of electrical hyperirritability. The sensitivity and specificity of the EEG in the diagosis of epilepsy have been disputed. In this review, the type of EEG also the role of EEG in various clinical situations are summarized.