Benign myoclonus of early infancy (BMEI) is a welldefined entity of uncertain etiology,
characterized by nonepileptic paroxysmal motor phenomena affecting the muscles of neck …

RATIONALE: The diagnosis of non-epileptic spells (NES) in children can be challenging,
even for experienced clinicians. Our objective was to describe the characteristics of such …

Convulsive epilepsies are generally unmistakable. Absence epilepsies, which are easily
recognized by the provocation of an episode during hyperventilation and by the typical …

Purpose: Habitual events, behaviors, and nonepileptic events can be easily confused with
epileptic seizures in children in the absence of clear description and can be challenging …

Objective: To determine the frequency of paroxysmal nonepileptic events in children with
cerebral palsy due to brain injury who have epilepsy and to describe the factors associated …

We describe the clinical and electroencephalographic (EEG) manifestations of four patients
with simultaneous EEG‐video‐telemetry recording (VTR) documented partial seizures …

Transient movement disorders are quite common in paediatrc practice, occurring mainly in
infants. They are underdiagnosed but represent about 20% of cases of movement disorders …

The main usefulness of video electroencephalographic (video-EEG) monitoring lies in the
fact that it allows proper classification of the type of epileptic seizure and epileptic syndrome …

Paroxysmal disorders in infants are likely to cause alarm in parents and concern in
professionals. Misdiagnosis, and particularly over-diagnosis of epileptic seizures, is a well …

One of the considerations when a child presents with paroxysmal events is psychogenic
nonepileptic seizures (PNES). PNES are discernible changes in behavior or consciousness …