| dc.contributor.author | Kwasa, Thomas O O | |
| dc.contributor.author | Muthingi, P M | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-07T09:07:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-06-07T09:07:31Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1992-05 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | East Afr Med J. 1992 May;69(5):259-61 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1644044 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/29889 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Review of electroencephalography (EEG) requests at KNH over a 3 year period is presented. Majority of patients were aged between 0 and 10 years. None was older than 80 years. The epilepsies were the commonest reason for requesting EEG (58.5%). SSPE had the highest positivity rate of 91.7% followed by convulsive states of uncertain aetiology. The symptom of headache by itself was the least rewarding to study by EEG. It was more rewarding to first attempt to make a diagnosis of the headache. Hysteria had an EEG positivity rate of 40%, most of them being epilepsy. EEG picture for petit-mal, epilepsy focal seizure and generalized seizures are included in the text. | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | University of Nairobi. | en |
| dc.title | The experience with electroencephalography at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| local.publisher | Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi | en |
