EEG in CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY
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56 Y/O woman diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease and has been in a nursing home, and wheel chair bound, for 4 years. She stopped eating and was brought to the County Psychiatric Center ER. She was admitted to the Neuropsychiatry ward. In reviewing her history a complete work up was never performed. A comprehensive evaluation was started including blood work,CT and EEG. There was nothing significantly abnormal on any test. EEG was perfectly normal.
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تاریخ انتشار 2015