Clinical-electroencephalographic correlations in measles: a long range study of 18 subjects

EEGs of 18 cases of measles (uncomplicated, with seizures, with encephalitides) were obtained through an underground cable connection between the Infections Diseases Department and the EEG unit. The varions EEG features of the disease have been studied during the evolution of the illness. An occasional EEG does not offer specific information on either the severity or the evolution of the disease. Marked EEG abnormalities appeared in the encephalitic group. The Authors emphasize the importance of serial prolonged EEG follow-up of measles in order to define precisely the stage and the evolution of the disease.