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The Significance of Electro‐encephalographic Spike Foci in Patients with Cerebral Palsy without Epileptic Seizures
Author(s) -
SKATVEDT MARIT,
LUNDERVOLD ARNE
Publication year - 1956
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - French
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1956.tb06896.x
Subject(s) - medicine , electroencephalography , epilepsy , anesthesia , audiology , psychiatry
Summary The significance of spike foci in EEG in patients who have had no clinical epileptic seizures has been considered as questionable. Three cases are reported in which EEG showed spike foci 2 weeks, 5 weeks and 2½ years before the occurrence of the first‐clinical epileptic seizure. These observations indicate that spike foci shown in EEG represent an actual danger of later clinical epileptic seizures. Discussion sur la valeur des foyers de pointes à I'EEG de malades attaints de paralysies cérébrales sans crises d'épilepsie. Trois cas sont rapportés dans lesquels I'EEG avait montré I'existence de foyers de pointes 2 semaines, 5 semaines, et 2½ ans avant I'apparition de la première crise convulsive. Ces observations indiquent que les foyers de pointes enregistrés à I'EEG représentent un danger certain de crises convulsives futures.