%0 Journal Article %1 Al-Sulaiman2001 %A Al-Sulaiman, A. %D 2001 %J Funct Neurol %K Cerebral Palsy; Child; Child, Preschool; Electroencephalography; Female; Humans; Male; Severity of Illness Index %N 4 %P 325--328 %T Electroencephalographic findings in children with cerebral palsy: a study of 151 patients. %V 16 %X EEG abnormalities were studied in 151 patients (79 boys, 72 girls age range 0.4-13 years) with cerebral palsy (CP). They all had standardised EEG recordings, which were read by the same electroencephalographer. Eighty-one children had seizures and 70 were seizure-free. The EEG abnormalities in the seizure group included slow waves in 36 patients (generalised asynchronous in 33 and generalised synchronous in 3); amplitude abnormalities in 2 (focal in 1, generalised 1); epileptiform activity (including isolated sharp waves, isolated spikes, and spike-wave and polyspike-wave complexes) was seen in 66 (focal in 12; generalised in 48 and multifocal in 6). Hypsarrythmia was found in 4 and burst suppression in 1. Only 6 recordings were normal giving an overall percentage of abnormality of 92.6\%. Of the CP patients without seizures, 28 (40\%) showed generalised asynchronous slow waves; epileptiform activity was found in 27 (focal in 2, generalised in 23 and multifocal in 2); 3 subjects showed hypsarrythmia and 24 recordings were normal. The overall percentage of abnormality in this group was 76\%. Cerebral palsy in children, regardless of its cause may be associated with generalised focal EEG abnormalities. This may reflect heterogeneity of the neural-generator in the underlying disease process.

@article{Al-Sulaiman2001, abstract = {EEG abnormalities were studied in 151 patients (79 boys, 72 girls age range 0.4-13 years) with cerebral palsy (CP). They all had standardised EEG recordings, which were read by the same electroencephalographer. Eighty-one children had seizures and 70 were seizure-free. The EEG abnormalities in the seizure group included slow waves in 36 patients (generalised asynchronous in 33 and generalised synchronous in 3); amplitude abnormalities in 2 (focal in 1, generalised 1); epileptiform activity (including isolated sharp waves, isolated spikes, and spike-wave and polyspike-wave complexes) was seen in 66 (focal in 12; generalised in 48 and multifocal in 6). Hypsarrythmia was found in 4 and burst suppression in 1. Only 6 recordings were normal giving an overall percentage of abnormality of 92.6\%. Of the CP patients without seizures, 28 (40\%) showed generalised asynchronous slow waves; epileptiform activity was found in 27 (focal in 2, generalised in 23 and multifocal in 2); 3 subjects showed hypsarrythmia and 24 recordings were normal. The overall percentage of abnormality in this group was 76\%. Cerebral palsy in children, regardless of its cause may be associated with generalised focal EEG abnormalities. This may reflect heterogeneity of the neural-generator in the underlying disease process.}, added-at = {2014-07-19T17:37:41.000+0200}, author = {Al-Sulaiman, A.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2fba1eee60d30f40170c2a7f8fc55ec34/ar0berts}, groups = {public}, interhash = {b4335b1ae14234770682a23c22eb8420}, intrahash = {fba1eee60d30f40170c2a7f8fc55ec34}, journal = {Funct Neurol}, keywords = {Cerebral Palsy; Child; Child, Preschool; Electroencephalography; Female; Humans; Male; Severity of Illness Index}, number = 4, pages = {325--328}, pmid = {11853323}, timestamp = {2014-07-19T17:37:41.000+0200}, title = {Electroencephalographic findings in children with cerebral palsy: a study of 151 patients.}, username = {ar0berts}, volume = 16, year = 2001 }