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KMID : 1130320070500080726
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Korean Journal of Pediatrics
2007 Volume.50 No. 8 p.726 ~ p.731
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Non-epileptic paroxysmal events during sleep - Differentialtion from epileptic seizures -
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Lee In-Kyu
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Abstract
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This review describes the wide spectrum of paroxysmal events during sleep in infancy and childhood. The differential diagnosis between sleep-related non-epileptic paroxysmal events and epileptic seizures is difficult in special occasions. The nocturnal frontal lobe seizure and of the more common non- epileptic paroxysmal events during sleep are described. The main differentiating features characterizing parasomnias are: onset in early childhood, rare episodes of long duration, relatively lower frequency per night, absence of stereotypy, gradual disappearance of older age. Video-polysomnography is the gold standard to diagnosing and differentiating parasomnias from nocturnal frontal lobe seizures.
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KEYWORD
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Childhood parasomnias, Frontal lobe seizures, Arousal disorders, Sleep terror, Somam-bulism, Sleep, Nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy, Childhood epilepsy, Differential diagnosis
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