Effects of antiepileptic treatment on sleep and seizures in nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 597-604

  De Paolis, Fernando ^a   Colizzi, Elena ^a   Milioli, Giulia ^a   Grassi, Andrea ^a   Riccardi, Silvia ^a   Puligheddu, Monica ^b   Terzano, Mario Giovanni ^a   Marrosu, Francesco ^b   Parrino, Liborio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Cyclic alternating pattern (CAP); Minor motor events; Nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy (NFLE); Seizures; Video polysomnography

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; TOPIRAMATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; NOCTURNAL FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; NONREM SLEEP; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SLEEP; SLEEP PATTERN; SLOW WAVE SLEEP;

ANTIEPILEPTIC DRUGS; CYCLIC ALTERNATING PATTERN (CAP); MINOR MOTOR EVENTS; NOCTURNAL FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY (NFLE); SEIZURES; VIDEO-POLYSOMNOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NOCTURNAL PAROXYSMAL DYSTONIA; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP DISORDERS; SLEEP STAGES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880134970     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2013.02.014     Document Type: Article

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