TY - JOUR
T1 - Nocturnal partial seizures and arousals/awakenings from sleep
T2 - An ambulatory egg study
AU - Manni, Raffaele
AU - Galimberti, Carlo Andrea
AU - Sartori, Ivana
AU - Politini, Lucia
AU - Murelli, Rosanna
AU - Tartara, Amelia
PY - 1997/5
Y1 - 1997/5
N2 - The architecture of nocturnal sleep in twenty subjects (9 males, 11 females, mean age 27 years) affected by partial cryptogenic epilepsy was investigated by means of ambulatory EGG (A-EGG) recording performed at home. The study aimed in particular to ascertain in the immediate effects of nocturnal partial epileptic seizures on sleep stability and continuity. Data for a total of 49 recorded seizures indicate that 72% of the partial seizures which occurred during sleep were followed by arousal and awakening, and that sleep interruption lasted significantly longer when the seizure occurred between 4 and 7 a.m.
AB - The architecture of nocturnal sleep in twenty subjects (9 males, 11 females, mean age 27 years) affected by partial cryptogenic epilepsy was investigated by means of ambulatory EGG (A-EGG) recording performed at home. The study aimed in particular to ascertain in the immediate effects of nocturnal partial epileptic seizures on sleep stability and continuity. Data for a total of 49 recorded seizures indicate that 72% of the partial seizures which occurred during sleep were followed by arousal and awakening, and that sleep interruption lasted significantly longer when the seizure occurred between 4 and 7 a.m.
KW - Arousal
KW - Epileptic seizure
KW - Sleep
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M3 - Article
C2 - 9218964
AN - SCOPUS:0030810930
VL - 12
SP - 107
EP - 111
JO - Functional Neurology
JF - Functional Neurology
SN - 0393-5264
IS - 3-4
ER -