Temporal relationship between awakening and seizure onset in nocturnal partial seizures


YILDIZ F., Tezer F. I., SAYGI S.

JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES, vol.315, pp.33-38, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 315
  • Publication Date: 2012
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.jns.2011.12.009
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.33-38
  • Keywords: Sleep, Epilepsy, Awakening, Seizure, Video EEG, Polysomnography, Frontal lobe epilepsy, Temporal lobe epilepsy, SLEEP, EPILEPSY, EVENTS
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Clinical awakening can be seen just before or after seizure onsets. In this study we determined the time between onset of seizures and awakening in patients with frontal lobe epilepsy (FLE) and temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE).