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How do you approach ictal-interictal continuum in patients with presumed toxic/metabolic etiology?

For example, a patient with 2 Hz GPDs with hepatic or uremic encephalopathy.
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Neurology · University of Rochester Medical Center
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This is a common conundrum in the EEG reading room. If during the routine EEG I get a sense that the GPDs are clearly state-dependent (i.e., more frequent in the alert state, taper off in the quiet state) and they have clear triphasic morphology, I may not do anything further aside from the recommen...

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