[Contribution of EEG to the diagnosis of epilepsy in Shanghai]

Neurophysiol Clin. 1989 Aug;19(4):291-6. doi: 10.1016/s0987-7053(89)80101-7.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The electroencephalographs (EEGs) of 9963 patients examined for some form of neurological disorder were studied. The male:female ratio was 129:1 and the age range of 11-40 years accounted for 67.12% of those studied. Of 3914 clinically confirmed epileptic patients, 68.37% had an abnormal EEG characterized by major general or focal discharges. 50.56% of 3814 suspected epileptic patients exhibited high levels of abnormal discharge and 452 non-epileptic patients also exhibited abnormalities. Such discharges also occurred in 671 patients suspected of other neurological disorders.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Child
  • China
  • Electroencephalography*
  • Epilepsy / diagnosis*
  • Epilepsy / epidemiology
  • Epilepsy / physiopathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged