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Triphasic waves in coma from brainstem infarction.

J B Townsend1, I Drury

  • 1Department of Neurology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor.

European Neurology
|January 1, 1991
PubMed
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Triphasic waves on electroencephalograms (EEGs) are not specific to hepatic failure. A patient in coma with brainstem signs also exhibited these EEG waves, confirming their nonspecific nature.

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Area of Science:

  • Neurology
  • Neurophysiology

Background:

  • Triphasic waves on electroencephalograms (EEGs) are typically associated with diffuse brain dysfunction, particularly hepatic failure.
  • These EEG abnormalities have been reported in various encephalopathic conditions.