Nocturnal epileptic seizures versus the arousal parasomnias

Somnologie

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-37

  Montagna, Pasquale ^a   Provini, Federica ^a   Bisulli, Francesca ^a   Tinuper, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arousal; Epilepsy; Frontal lobe; Parasomnia; Paroxysm; Sleep

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSTONIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LOW DRUG DOSE; PARASOMNIA; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SLEEP AROUSAL DISORDER;

EID: 43549109009     PISSN: 14329123     EISSN: 1439054X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11818-008-0333-0     Document Type: Review

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