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Non-epileptic paroxysmal events during sleep - Differentiation from epileptic seizures -  

Lee, In Kyu (Department of Pediatrics, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine)
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Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics / v.50, no.8, 2007 , pp. 726-731 More about this Journal
Abstract
This review describes the wide spectrum of paroxysmal events during sleep in infancy and childhood. The differential diagnosis between sleep-related non-epileptic paroxysmal events and epileptic seizures is difficult in special occasions. The nocturnal frontal lobe seizure and of the more common nonepileptic paroxysmal events during sleep are described. The main differentiating features characterizing parasomnias are: onset in early childhood, rare episodes of long duration, relatively lower frequency per night, absence of stereotypy, gradual disappearance of older age. Video-polysomnography is the gold standard to diagnosing and differentiating parasomnias from nocturnal frontal lobe seizures.
Keywords
Childhood parasomnias; Frontal lobe seizures; Arousal disorders; Sleep terror; Somambulism; Sleep; Nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy; Childhood epilepsy; Differential diagnosis;
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