Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis: serial electroencephalographic studies.
A total of 42 EEGs from five patients with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis were studied. Periodic complexes were noticed in 35 (83%) of these. The interval between the complexes shortened in all patients with progression of the illness. The gradual EEG changes may reflect the increasing number of infected cells as well as an on-going accumulation of immature virus structures. The records without complexes were either from the early onset (one record) or terminal stage (six records).
D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008459:Measles virus / Q000276:immunology; D013344:Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology
D000914:Antibodies, Viral