MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY IN AN HIV POSITIVE PATIENT - NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL FINDINGS

被引:10
作者
KAPOOR, R
GRIFFIN, G
BARRETT, G
FOWLER, CJ
机构
[1] MIDDLESEX HOSP,DEPT CLIN NEUROPHYSIOL,LONDON W1N 8AA,ENGLAND
[2] MIDDLESEX HOSP,DEPT NEUROL,LONDON W1N 8AA,ENGLAND
[3] NATL HOSP,MRC EXTERNAL STAFF,LONDON WC1N 3BG,ENGLAND
来源
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY AND CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY | 1991年 / 78卷 / 01期
关键词
MYOCLONUS; AIDS; SOMATOSENSORY EVOKED POTENTIAL; EEG;
D O I
10.1016/0013-4694(91)90022-V
中图分类号
R318 [生物医学工程];
学科分类号
0831 ;
摘要
An HIV-positive patient is described who presented with action myoclonus. Unusually, focal sinusoidal EEG burst complexes with a frequency of 40 and 55 Hz could be recorded over the sensorimotor cortex. Activity having a similar frequency was evoked in this area by posterior tibial nerve stimulation in the affected leg, and jerk-locked averaging showed that myoclonic jerks were preceded by similar cortical sinusoidal waves.
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页码:80 / 84
页数:5
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