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Relationship between the clinical states in a series of 29 cases with childhood diabetes and their EEG findings is presented.
The EEGs were recorded during all-night sleep.
The EEG changes in this group of patients were as follows.
1) 14&6/sec Positive spiking-“14+6”-…12/29 (41%)
2) 6/sec Spike-and-wave complex (Wave and spike rhantom, Petit mal phantom)-“WSP”-…1/29 (3%)
3) Bursts of bilateral theta activity…9/29 (31%)
4) Bursts of bilateral 4-5/sec Spike-and-wave complex…7/29 (24%)
No correlation of the occurrence of the EEG changes to blood sugar value was shown in all-nightecordings.
Much higher incidence of the EEG changes was found in the fair to poor control cases, than in the patients with good control of diabetes.
The EEG examinations were repeated every 4 to 6 months since the initial EEG during natural nocturnal sleep, in order to observe a transition of the EEG abnormalities which can be seen in the serial recording.
The follow-up EEG study disclosed a phenomenon where an increase in the occurrence of “14+6” is recognized in contrast with the decrease in “WSP” for the same period. On the other hand, the increasing of “WSP” and the decreasing of “14+6” for other period were pointed out.
