Parasomnias and nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy (NFLE): Lights and shadows - Controversial points in the differential diagnosis

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Bisulli, Francesca ^a   Vignatelli, Luca ^b   Provini, Federica ^a   Leta, Chiara ^a   Lugaresi, Elio ^a   Tinuper, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b City of Bologna Local Health Trust   (Italy)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Epilepsy; Nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy; Parasomnias; Seizures during sleep; Video polysomnography

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA2; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BETA2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BRUXISM; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL HISTORY; NIGHTMARE; NOCTURNAL ENURESIS; NOCTURNAL FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; NONREM SLEEP; PARASOMNIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SLEEP WALKING; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VIDEORECORDING;

BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; PARASOMNIAS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP BRUXISM; SOMNAMBULISM;

EID: 82855179393     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2011.10.008     Document Type: Article

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