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Electroencephalography , Psychoses, Substance-Induced/diagnosis , Psychotropic Drugs/poisoning , Adult , Aged , Amitriptyline/poisoning , Chlorpromazine/poisoning , Chlorprothixene/poisoning , Chronic Disease , Drug Therapy, Combination , Evoked Potentials/drug effects , Female , Humans , Imipramine/poisoning , Lithium/poisoning , Male , Perazine/poisoning , Promazine/poisoning , Promethazine/poisoning , Psychotic Disorders/drug therapy , Tropanes/poisoningABSTRACT
Reports on studies devoted entirely to the results of electroencephalographic recordings in phacomatosis are not available, and the authors review the large number of cases found throughout the published literature. Based on the information obtained and the results of their personal experience, they summarize the clinical findings, characteristic anomalies, and E.E.G. changes in tuberous sclerosis, neurofibromatosis, Sturge-Weber and von Hippel-Lindau diseases, and ataxia telangiectasia. Electroencephalographic studies can contribute to the diagnosis and follow-up of these affections.
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Angiomatosis/diagnosis , Electroencephalography , Neurofibromatosis 1/diagnosis , Sturge-Weber Syndrome/diagnosis , Tuberous Sclerosis/diagnosis , Adult , Ataxia Telangiectasia/diagnosis , Child , Diagnosis, Differential , Female , Humans , Infant , Male , von Hippel-Lindau Disease/diagnosisABSTRACT
The authors report on infectious-allergic encephalopathy, occurring in a nine-year old boy. The clinical picture is that of a generalized myoclonic epileptic state. The EEG shows bilaterally occurring stereotyped rhythmic complexes with a short interval. The child recovered completely. The diagnostic value of periodically occurring EEG-features and the familial occurrence of para-infectious encephalopathies are discussed.
