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C. L. CAZZULLO, M.D.; B. L. PACELLA, M.D.

Arch Neurol Psychiatry. 1950;63(1):125-132.

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THERE are relatively few electroencephalographic studies on inflammatory and demyelinating diseases of the nervous system.

Berger¹ observed normal tracings in cases of epidemic encephalitis; his findings were corroborated by Schwab and Cobb.² Gibbs and Gibbs,³ however, studying cases of severe acute encephalomyelitis, reported continuous slow waves which may be generalized over the entire cortex or located predominantly over a particular zone, thereby suggesting a focus. Lindsley and Cutts⁴ observed a case of encephalitis in a 10 year old boy with repeated electroencephalograms. During the acute phase the record showed continuous slow activity; this abnormality gradually decreased to normal when the symptoms disappeared. Ross⁵ noted large slow waves, often bilaterally synchronous, in 4 children with acute encephalitis and meningoencephalitis. These slow waves persisted beyond the acute phase of the disease and were not closely related to the severity of the clinical picture. In 240 cases of . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW YORK

From the Department of Neuropathology and the Division of Electroencephalography of the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Hospital.

Footnotes
Research investigator on leave of absence from the University of Milan, Italy.