| Non-epileptic paroxysmal events during sleep - Differentiation from epileptic seizures - |
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In Kyu Lee |
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Department of Pediatrics, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea |
| 수면시 발생하는 비간질성 발작 - 간질 발작과의 비교 - |
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이인규 |
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순천향대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실 |
Correspondence:
In Kyu Lee, Email: inkyuyi@chol.com
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| Abstract |
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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 non- epileptic 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. |
| Key Words:
Childhood parasomnias, Frontal lobe seizures, Arousal disorders, Sleep terror, Somambulism, Sleep, Nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy, Childhood epilepsy, Differential diagnosis |
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