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Video-EEG illustration of transient episodes of loss of consciousness correlating with plateau-waves due to intracranial hypertension Volume 22, issue 4, August 2020

Figure 1

EEG showing: (A) normal initial background without interictal spike; (B), (C) abrupt generalized slowing consisting of delta high-amplitude wave activity and frontal intermittent rhythmic delta activity (FIRDA), without cardiac arrhythmia or epileptic discharge, during the episode: “plateau-waves”. (D) Return to normal background after the end of the episode.