To be honest, it is a new term for me. I haven’t heard it when I was in the neurology cycle. I heard it somewhere else, which I forgot.
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a degenerative brain disease caused by head trauma. Originally diagnosed in boxers, this disorder is now being seen in other athletes. Its [...]

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The presence of brain atrophy or loss of brain tissue due to any cause, such as old age, alcoholism, hydrocephalus, or stroke, may provide either an increased space between the dura and the brain surface where a subdural hygroma can form or traction on bridging veins that span the gap between the cortical surface [...]

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Indication :
Seizure
Cerebral effects of systemic metabolic diseases
Study of sleep
Monitor cerebral activity in anesthetized patient

Resting record
Activating procedure :
Hyperventilation : activate seizure pattern and other abnormalityPhotic stimulation with the eyes opened and closed
Recorded after the patient falls asleep naturally or following sedative. Sleep is helpful in bringing out abnormality, especially certain epilepsies.
The patient should not be sedated [...]

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