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Epilepsy
January 19, 2024
Which of the following is not a variant of generalized non-motor absence seizure?
View Fun Fact & QuestionEpilepsy
January 12, 2024
Focal non-motor seizures can have clinical manifestation from which of the following categories used as seizure descriptors?
View Fun Fact & QuestionEpilepsy
January 5, 2024
In 2017 the ILAE updated seizers into 4 classifications, which of the following is correct?
View Fun Fact & QuestionSlow Spike and Wave (SSW) Complexes
December 29, 2023
The interictal EEG of a patient with Lennox Gastuat Syndrome (LGS), may feature focal or multifocal spike-and-waves or sharp-slow waves, with anterior predominance. Slow (<2.5 Hz) spike-and-waves (SSW) and paroxysmal fast activity (10 Hz+) are mandatory requirements interictally for a LGS diagnosis. What state of consciousness are these waveforms found?
View Fun Fact & QuestionTemporal THETA Bursts!
December 22, 2023
Sharply contoured features of the dysmature brain are commonly seen in neonatal recordings. Some are considered normal, but when are sharp transients in neonates considered abnormal?
View Fun Fact & QuestionLateralized Periodic Discharges!
December 8, 2023
Bilateral independent periodic epileptiform discharges (BiPLDs) are like PLDs in etiology and significance. BiPLDs are independent asynchronous discharges with different frequency and amplitude in each hemisphere. Which of the following etiologies would you expect to see BiPLDs?
View Fun Fact & QuestionGeneralized Periodic Epileptiform Discharges
November 24, 2023
What other etiologies could cause GPD’s?
View Fun Fact & QuestionTHETA ACTIVITY
November 17, 2023
Which normal variant is described as sinusoidal or mu-shaped theta (6 to 7 Hz) activity at the vertex region appearing in drowsiness?
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