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Alpha‐pattern coma in a 2‐month‐old child
Author(s) -
Homan Richard W.,
Jones Mary Gene
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/ana.410090617
Subject(s) - coma (optics) , alpha (finance) , medicine , psychology , pediatrics , developmental psychology , physics , astrophysics , psychometrics , construct validity
A 2‐month‐old infant is described in whom the electroencephalographic finding of alpha‐frequency activity was correlated with a clinical state of unresponsiveness. This condition occurred following a period of hypoxia and was similar to alpha‐pattern coma in adults. The finding of alpha‐pattern coma in a young infant suggests that alpha‐frequency activity in comatose states is abnormally generated since alpha‐frequency activity normally is not found in this age group.