The sleep manifestations of frontal lobe epilepsy

Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 218-226

  Derry, Christopher P ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ADNFLE; Autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy; Confusional arousal; Epilepsy; Episodic nocturnal wandering; Frontal lobe epilepsy; NFLE; Nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy; Nocturnal paroxysmal dystonia; Parasomnia; Paroxysmal arousal; Sleep terror; Somnambulism

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT NOCTURNAL FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC AURA; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPISODIC NOCTURNAL WANDERING; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NOCTURNAL FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; PARASOMNIA; PAROXYSMAL AROUSAL; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VOCALIZATION;

AROUSAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 79955819894     PISSN: 15284042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11910-011-0180-4     Document Type: Review

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