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Some EEG Findings in Old Age and Their Relationship to Affective Disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

R. Maggs  and
E. C. Turton
R. Maggs
Affiliation:
Hellingly Hospital, Hailsham, Sussex
E. C. Turton
Affiliation:
Barrow Hospital, near Bristol
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The significance of the electro-encephalographic variations found in old age is not well defined and hence the value of this form of investigation as a prognostic measure is doubtful. Apart from a few papers such as Mengoli (1952), Mundy-Castle et al. (1954) and Obrist (1954), most of the published work contains no reference to findings obtained from a control series of persons of similar age and not suffering from a definite disability. This absence of definite criteria in respect of the EEG findings in records taken from apparently healthy elderly persons is important both as regards clear-cut abnormalities and also in reference to minor variations of doubtful significance.

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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 102 , Issue 429 , October 1956 , pp. 812 - 818
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1956 

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