Epilepsy with continuous spikes and waves during slow wave sleep in a child diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 799-802

  Neiman, Eli S ^a   Seyffert, Michael ^a   Richards, Andrea ^b   Gupta, Divya ^a   Chokroverty, Sudhansu ^a  

^a SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT PETER S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous spikes and waves during slow wave sleep; CSWS; Electrical status epilepticus of sleep; Epilepsy; ESES

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; CHILD; EEG ABNORMALITY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LETHARGY; MALE; NONREM SLEEP; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SCHOOL CHILD; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; SPEECH THERAPY; SPIKE WAVE; VOMITING;

EID: 77955567233     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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