Nocturnal partial seizures and arousals/awakenings from sleep: an ambulatory EEG study

Autor: R, Manni, C A, Galimberti, I, Sartori, L, Politini, R, Murelli, A, Tartara
Rok vydání: 1997
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Zdroj: Functional neurology. 12(3-4)
ISSN: 0393-5264
Popis: The architecture of nocturnal sleep in twenty subjects (9 males, 11 females, mean age 27 years) affected by partial cryptogenic epilepsy was investigated by means of ambulatory EEG (A-EEG) recording performed at home. The study aimed in particular to ascertain the immediate effects of nocturnal partial epileptic seizures on sleep stability and continuity. Data for a total of 49 recorded seizures indicate that 72% of the partial seizures which occurred during sleep were followed by arousal and awakening, and that sleep interruption lasted significantly longer when the seizure occurred between 4 and 7 a.m.
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