Abnormal paroxysmal events in sleep may be parasomnias or epileptic seizures. In nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy (NFLE), the unusual seizure features often lead to diagnostic confusion with nonepileptic parasomnias; video-electroencephalography monitoring is usually required to make the diagnosis.

Distinguishing sleep disorders from seizures: diagnosing bumps in the night / Derry, Christopher Paul; Davey, Margot; Johns, Murray; Kron, Katie; Glencross, Deborah; Marini, Carla; Scheffer, Ingrid E; Berkovic, Samuel F. - In: ARCHIVES OF NEUROLOGY. - ISSN 0003-9942. - ELETTRONICO. - 63:(2006), pp. 705-709. [10.1001/archneur.63.5.705]

Distinguishing sleep disorders from seizures: diagnosing bumps in the night

Marini, Carla
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2006

Abstract

Abnormal paroxysmal events in sleep may be parasomnias or epileptic seizures. In nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy (NFLE), the unusual seizure features often lead to diagnostic confusion with nonepileptic parasomnias; video-electroencephalography monitoring is usually required to make the diagnosis.
2006
63
705
709
Derry, Christopher Paul; Davey, Margot; Johns, Murray; Kron, Katie; Glencross, Deborah; Marini, Carla; Scheffer, Ingrid E; Berkovic, Samuel F
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