TABLE 4.
State | Background symmetry | Spike‐wave frequency | Seizure | Other features | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patient 1 | Baseline EEG |
Awake Sleep |
Symmetric | 39.5 | 0 |
Runs of rhythmic delta +++ Photic noncontributory a |
Post‐treatment |
Awake Drowsy Sleep |
Symmetric | 10.5 | 0 |
Intermittent rhythmic delta + Frontal beta a Photic noncontributory a |
|
Patient 2 | Baseline EEG | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Post‐treatment | Awake | Symmetric | 0 | 0 | Focal rhythmic theta ++ | |
Patient 3 | Baseline EEG | Awake | Symmetric | 26 | 0 | Prominent generalized rhythmic theta |
Post‐treatment | Awake | Symmetric | 55 | 0 | Spikes seen were focal | |
Patient 4 | Baseline EEG | Awake | Symmetric | 0 | 0 |
Rhythmic theta ~80%–85% Slow background a |
Post‐treatment | Awake | Symmetric | 0 | 0 |
Runs rhythmic theta >50%, with breath‐holding Slow posteriorly |
|
Patient 5 | Baseline EEG |
Awake Drowsy |
Symmetric | 1 | 0 |
Focal rhythmic theta Posterior bursts (1–5 s) slow and fast a |
Post‐treatment b |
Awake Drowsy |
Symmetric | 605 | Ictal pattern | NA |
Abbreviations: EEG, electroencephalogram; NA, not available.
Only identified by one investigator.
Given consistency and severity of changes, only 5 min of spike‐wave frequency was assessed and doubled.