Nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy is often misdiagnosed as sleep disorders in children: A case series;Epilepsia nocturna frontal infradiagnosticada en la infancia como un trastorno del sueño: Estudio de una serie

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 257-267

  Miano, Silvia ^a   Peraita Adrados, Rosa ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Children; Nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy; Parasomnia; Pediatric sleep disorders; Seizures; Video polysomnographic recording

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOCTURNAL SEIZURE; PARASOMNIA; PERIODIC LIMB MOVEMENT DISORDER; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING;

EID: 84874697363     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.5605.2013018     Document Type: Article

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