title: [An EEG study in anorexia nervosa and an attempt to use it for prognostic prediction].
abstract: Visual evaluation of EEG tracings was made in 77 patients with the clinical diagnosis of anorexia nervosa and in 76 neurotic patients. The following criteria were evaluated and correlated: age, height, body weight on admission and discharge, weight increment per day, presence of basic EEG activities [alpha, beta, gamma, delta], foci, paroxysms, reactions to hyperventilation and general evaluation of EEG (normal, atypical, abnormal). A significant correlation was found between the weight increment and the initial weight. A lower weight correlated with a higher weight increment. The relations between clinical variables and EEG criteria were statistically close to zero. A significant relationship was found between the presence of focal activity and weight increments. Thus only in anorectic patients with the presence of a focus prognostic possibilities of EEG may be presumed.
authors.affiliation: Výzkumná psychiatrická laborator FVL KU, Praha.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hynek
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Faltus
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D001835:Body Weight; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology; D011379:Prognosis
vernacular_title: EEG studie u mentálních anorexií a pokus o její prediktivní vyuzití.