Browsing by Author "THOMAS, SV"

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    CLINICAL AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL INDICATORS OF SOCIAL MALADJUSTMENT IN EPILEPSY
    (EPILEPSIA, 1995) ALEXANDER, A; THOMAS, SV; SREEDHAR, KP; SARMA, PS
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    IMPAIRED THYROID-FUNCTION IN EPILEPSY
    (EPILEPSIA, 1995)
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    INTERICTAL EEG CHANGES IN ECLAMPSIA
    (ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY AND CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY, 1995)
    The pathogenesis of seizures and encephalopathy in eclampsia remains obscure even today. There are only a few reports on EEG findings in eclampsia. This is a report of the interictal EEG changes in 8 patients with eclampsia who were evaluated prospectively. The major EEG changes observed were (1) slowing of the background activity (generalized slowing in 4 patients and focal slowing in 3 patients) and (2) intermittent spike and sharp wave transients (5 patients). These abnormalities had disappeared in all except 2 patients when the EEG was repeated on the seventh day. A comparison is drawn between eclampsia and hypertensive encephalopathy for the clinical, EEG and CT/MRI findings. The pathogenesis of seizures and encephalopathy could be similar in these two conditions. it is worth while considering these EEG changes while planning the treatment of eclampsia.