Clinical correlates of quantitative EEG alterations in alcoholic patients.

Objective: To evaluate the incidence and clinical correlations of abnormal QEEG features in alcoholic patients.

Methods: Quantitative EEG (frequency analysis, absolute and relative powers of the four classical bands) was assessed in 191 male alcoholic patients admitted in our facility for detoxification process. All underwent psychiatric, medical and neurological examination prior to the EEG recording, in search for specific clinical or paraclinical findings.