Relationship of epileptic discharges to arousal instability and periodic leg movements in a case of nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy: A stereo-EEG study

Sleep

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 701-704

  Nobili, Lino ^a   Sartori, Ivana ^a   Terzaghi, Michele ^b   Stefano, Francione ^a   Mai, Roberto ^a   Tassi, Laura ^a   Parrino, Liborio ^c   Cossu, Massimo ^a   Lo Russo, Giorgio ^a  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^b C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arousal; Cyclic alternating pattern; Nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy; Periodic leg movements

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYCLIC ALTERNATING PATTERN; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; ELECTRODE; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; NOCTURNAL SEIZURE; NONREM SLEEP; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP PATTERN; STEREOELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646722263     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/29.5.701     Document Type: Article

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