Epilepsy with continuous spike-waves during slow wave sleep: a clinical and electroencephalographic study

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Délrio F. Silva¹  Márcia Marques Lima²  Luzinete V.a.t. Gonzalez²  Odyna J. Lr. Lopez²  Renato Anghinah²  Edmar Zanoteli²  José Geraldo C. Lima² 

[1] ,Escola Paulista de Medicina Head of the EEG Sector

关键词: epilepsy with continuous spike-waves during slow wave sleep;    EEG;    sleep;    epilepsia com ponta-onda contínua do sono lento;    EEG;    sono;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0004-282X1995000200011

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

We report four children with epilepsy with "continuous spike-waves during slow wave sleep" (CSWSS). The main clinical features were partial motor seizures, mental retardation and motor deficit. The EEG findings were characterized by nearly continuous (>85%) diffuse slow spike and wave activity in two patients, and localized to one hemisphere in two other cases during non-REM sleep. The treatment was effective in improving the clinical seizures, but not the EEG pattern. We believe that this epileptic syndrome has been overlooked and routine sleep EEG studies on epileptic children may disclose more cases of CSWSS.

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