THE ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM IN SCLERODERMA
- 1 January 1949
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease
- Vol. 109 (1) , 42-47
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00005053-194901000-00005
Abstract
56 patients with scleroderma were found to have abnormal electroencephalograms in 84% of cases. The abnormalities consisted mostly of "slow" patterns, 32%, and convulsive patterns in 21%. The majority of the records were borderline or mildly abnormal, fewer moderate and few severe. The degree of abnormality was not related to the severity or extent of the sclero-dermatous process or to its duration. There is no general correlation between a unilateral predominance and the EEG abnormality and a unilateral or contralateral sclerodermatous process. It is suggested that a decrease in the ionized Ca in the fluid environment of nervous tissue might be a factor in the EEG abnormality.Keywords
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