Indications for an EEG in a Child with ADHD

Abstract

Investigators at Departments of Child Neurology, Neuroscience, Biostatistics, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey studied the parameters for prediction of epileptiform abnormalities in the EEG of 148 children diagnosed with ADHD, according to DSM-IV criteria, aged between 6 and 13 years (mean 8.76 +/- 1.26; 25.7% female).

Keywords

• attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
• digit span
• rolandic spikes