title: [Periodic lateralized epileptiform discharges. I. Clinical and electroencephalographic aspects].
abstract: In a two-years period, from a total of 5481 EEGs, we could select 25, corresponding to 22 patients, with PLEDs (prevalence of 0.45%). The group was composed by 13 males and 9 females, with age ranging from 5 months to 85 years. Main diagnosis was epilepsy of unknown etiology and brain tumor (22% each). The localization of PLEDs was mainly temporal region (54% of the whole group) and more frequent morphology was "delta triphasic wave" (a graphic pattern resembling sharp wave, but with longer duration) (1/3 of total), followed by sharp biphasic wave and sharp wave-slow wave (29% each). Although 9 patients died it was not possible to determine prognostic value of PLEDs specifically for each pathological condition.
authors.affiliation: Disciplina de Neurologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Bertolucci
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Da Silva
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010507:Periodicity
vernacular_title: Descargas epileptiformes periódicas lateralizadas. 1. Aspectos clínicos e eletrencefalográficos.