Pre- and post-dormitum epilepsies: Idiopathic generalized epilepsies

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Zambrelli, Elena ^a   Canevini, Maria Paola ^a,b  

^a St Paolo Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Epilepsy; Idiopathic generalized epilepsy; Post dormitum; Pre dormitum; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BENIGN AUTOSOMAL FAMILIAL MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY; BENIGN MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY IN INFANCY; CHILDHOOD ABSENCE EPILEPSY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY WITH MYOCLONIC ABSENCE; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EYELID MYOCLONUS WITH ABSENCE EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; JUVENILE ABSENCE EPILEPSY; JUVENILE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY; MYOCLONUS; NONREM SLEEP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; HUMANS; MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY, JUVENILE; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 82855160990     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2011.10.006     Document Type: Article

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