Citation

Bortone E, Bettoni L, Giorgi C, Trabattoni GR, Mancia D. Clin. Electroencephalogr. 1994; 25(4): 156-159.

Affiliation

Institute of Neurology, at the University of Parma, Italy.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, EEG and Clinical Neuroscience Society)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7813096

Abstract

Theta pattern coma is a rare EEG finding, described in the course of post-anoxic or post-traumatic coma and interpreted as a "malignant" variant of alpha pattern coma. A case of isolated theta pattern coma, followed by alpha pattern coma is reported. Short temporal succession of such patterns would seem to confirm the hypothesis of a close relationship between them. Possible physiological mechanisms involved in the generation of the patterns are discussed.

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