intermittent rhythmic delta activity

intermittent rhythmic delta activity
slow, paroxysmal, relatively constant delta activity seen on the electroencephalogram, associated frequently with metabolic disorders or diffuse encephalopathies and sometimes with subfrontal, deep midline, or posterior fossa lesions; it may be stronger occipitally in children and frontally in adults.

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