title: Atypical electroencephalographic pattern in a patient with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.
abstract: Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) has become rare since the widespread use of the measles vaccine. In this patient with a 5 month history of seizures and progressive dementia due to SSPE, the atypical electroencephalographic pattern was characterized by generalized spike-and-wave discharges, maximal on the right, associated with clinical seizures. After diazepam (intravenously), more typical periodic complexes appeared.
authors.affiliation: Section of Pediatric Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905.
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Sharp
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Laney
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Westmoreland
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Groover
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003975:Diazepam; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013344:Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D003975:Diazepam