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RECOGNITION OF ABNORMAL WAVEFORMS

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ABNORMAL EEG CONSISTS OF?   show
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show FOCAL BILATERALLY DIFFUSE UNILATERAL OR LATERALIZED  
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BACKGROUND SLOWING AND SLOW WAVES SUGGESTS?   show
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PAROXYSMAL ACTIVITY SUGGESTS?   show
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BACKGROUND SLOWER THAN 8 HZ DURING FULL AWAKE STATE IS ABNORMAL AT ANY AGE EXCEPT FOR?   show
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show IN BIPOLAR MONTAGE AND NOT THE OTHERS  
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WHAT BACKGROUND ACTIVITY COULD BE CAUSED BY A SUBDURAL HEMATOMA DUE TO THE LONGER DISTANCE TO THE ELCTRODE FROM THE CORTEX BY BY THE DEPRESSED CORTEX AND INCREASED IMPEDANCE DUE TO FLUID COLLECTION   show
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FOCAL ACCENTUATION OF ALPHA AND BETA ACTIVITIES IS A COMMON FINDING WITH?   show
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WHAT IS A COMMON FINDING SECONDARY TO SEDATICE HYPNOTIC OR ANXIOLYTIC DRUG EFFECT? MOST COMMON MEDS ARE BENZOS OR BARBS.   show
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TYPICALLY MORE PROMINENT IN SLEEP CHARACTERIZED BY ABYNDANT SLEEP SPINDLES WITH A PAUCITY OF VERTEX SHARP WAVES OR K COMPLEXES?   show
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show SPINDLE COMA  
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PROMINENT DIFFUSE OR WHAT ACTIVITY MAY BE SEEN IN PATIENTS WITH GROSSLY ANOMALOUS BRAIN SUCH AS AGYRIA OR CORTICAL DYSPLASIA?   show
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FOCAL ADA IN PATIENTS WITH WHAT WAS FIRST DISCOVERED BY GARY WALTER?   show
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show WHITE MATTER  
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BILATERALLY DIFFUSE ADA IS A SIGN OF DIFFUSEDISTURBANCE OF WHAT BUT IS ETIOLOGICALLY NONSPECIFIC   show
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TOXIC,METABOLIC,INFECTIOUS,CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA,OR DEGENERATIVE/DEMYELINATING DISORDERS?   show
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WHAT CONSISTS OF SERIAL DELTA WAVES THAT APPEAR INTERMITTENLY WITH RELATIVELY CONSISTENT WAVEFORM AND FREQUENCY?   show
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IRDA APPEARS MOST OFTEN BILATERALLY, IF IT APPEARS WHAT MAY BE CONSIDERED AS POSSIBLE EPILEPTIFORM?   show
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show ADULTS  
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ORIDA   show
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MUST BE DIFFERENTIATED FROM EYE MOVEMENT ARTIFACT AND GLOSSOKINETIC POTENTIAL.IT CAN BE DISTINGUISHED FROM EYE MOVEMENT BY ITS GREATER POSTERIOR SPREAD AS COMPARED TO THE SLOW ACTIVITY PRODUCED BY EYE BLINKS?   show
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TEMPORAL INTERMITTENT RHYTHMIC DELTA OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY   show
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show MONOPHASIC DIPHASIC TRIPHASIC POLYPHASIC  
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PAROXYSMAL ACTIVITY   show
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show SPIKE  
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DEFINED AS MULTIPLE SPIKE COMPLEX. A SPIKE FOLLOWED BY WAVE IS A SPIKE AND WAVE COMPLEX?   show
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IN EPILEPTIC CONDITIONS CORTICAL NEURONS CHANGE DRAMATICALLY AS THE MEMBRANE POTENTIAL CHANGES FROM A RESTING STATE AT NEGATIVE 70-80 MV TO SUSTAINED DEPOLARIZATION AT POSITIVE 20-30 MV PRODUCING A GROUP OF ACTION POTENTIALS CALLED?   show
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show SPIKE DISCHARGES  
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IN WHAT IS A SPIKE IS THE RESULT OFEPSP AND A WAVE IS FROM IPSP   show
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show ABSENCE SEIZURES  
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WHAT IMPLIES THE DEEPEST LEVEL OF A COMA STATE BEFORE BRAIN DEATH?   show
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ABUNDANT, DIFFUSE ALPHA ACTIVITY THAT IS NONREACTVE TO EXTERNAL STIMULI. MOST FREQUENTLY SEEN IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE ANOXIC ENCEPHALOPATHY AND GENERALLY SUGGESTS AN EXTREMELY POOR PROGNOSIS?   show
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show THETA COMA  
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show CAN BE SEEN IN COMATOSE PATIENTS AS A SLEEP PATTERN CONSISTING OF SPINDLES, VERTEX,AND OR K COMPLEXES MIXED WITH THETA DELTA SLOW WAVES, BUT THE PATIENT DOES NOT AROUSE TO STIMULI  
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