EEG findings in 130 enuretics with special reference to spike potentials

As a result of an one time electroencephalographic transversal examination of 130 patients with enuresis aged from 3 to 18 years a back ground activity that was too slow for their age was found as the most frequent abnormal finding (31,5%). Focal sharp waves and spikes were observed in 20 per cent; they seem to be more frequent in enuretics than in other children and adolescents with disorders of behaviour. Their frequency is dependent on age. They are of small use for proving an epilepsy as possible cause of enuresis.