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6209099

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-1-17
pubmed:abstractText
EEGs were recorded in 22 patients with medically refractory complex partial epilepsy undergoing presurgical evaluation and 11 age-matched controls while subjected to moderate levels of hypoglycemia to determine if changes activated were predictive of underlying pathology. Five patients had fasting EEGs showing focal abnormalities not seen in the non-fasting state. With hypoglycemia, EEG tracings in normal individuals showed diffuse background slowing, whereas 7 of 22 patients developed focal temporal changes, including focal spike and focal slow wave activation. The development of focal changes correlated well with clinical data concerning underlying focal pathology; focal abnormalities were not evoked in patients with multifocal disease. Hypoglycemic activation of the EEG may be a useful technique for predicting the presence of pathology in patients considered for anterior temporal lobectomy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0013-4694
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
58
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
506-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-9-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Hypoglycemic activation of focal abnormalities in the EEG of patients considered for temporal lobectomy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article