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Three anoxic comatose children had EEG alpha-like activity and in two of them mu rhythm was recorded. The paradoxical appearance of these electrical activities in comatose children seems to indicate a grave prognosis. A possible role for barbiturate treatment in this phenomenon is not excluded.
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Frisher, S., Herishanu, Y. Mu and alpha rhythm in comatose children. Child's Nerv Syst 1, 208–210 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00270763
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