ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC STUDIES ON CHILDREN HAVING MEASLES WITH NO CLINICAL EVIDENCE OF INVOLVEMENT OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

[摘要] Serial electroencephalograms were done on 189 patients having measles with no clinical evidence of involvement of the nervous system. Using stringent criteria, 74 patients had considerable abnormality of the electroencephalogram. These findings could not attributed to any complications. Only one patient under 1 year of age (11 months) had evidence of electroencephalographic abnormality. The abnormalities observed were qualitatively and normalities observed were qualitatively and quantitatively similar to those seen in measles encephalitis, in most cases reverting to normal within 1 week. Approximately 4% had some residual electroencephalographic abnormality.

[学科分类] 儿科学