Diagnostic utility of specific abnormal EEG patterns in children for determining epilepsy phenotype and presence of structural brain abnormalities

M Ashour, E Minato, A Alawadhi, S Berrahmoune… - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
Objective Estimate sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative
predictive value (NPV) of EEG findings: centrotemporal spikes, photoparoxysmal response …

Electroencephalographic abnormalities are correlated with cognitive deficits in children with benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes: a clinical study of …

J Zhang, H Yang, D Wu, C Yang, Y Yang, W Zhou… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective The objective of this study was to explore the effect of spikes on cognition in
patients with benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS) and to identify …

Spike morphology, location, and frequency in benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes

AM Berroya, AF Bleasel, TL Stevermuer… - Journal of child …, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
The literature on benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes reports a constellation of
neurophysiologic features in selected populations with heterogeneous methodologies. The …

Focal sleep spindle deficits reveal focal thalamocortical dysfunction and predict cognitive deficits in sleep activated developmental epilepsy

MA Kramer, SM Stoyell, D Chinappen… - Journal of …, 2021 - Soc Neuroscience
Childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (CECTS) is the most common focal epilepsy
syndrome, yet the cause of this disease remains unknown. Now recognized as a mild …

[HTML][HTML] Polysomnographic aspects of sleep architecture on self-limited epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

C dos Santos Halal, BL Horta, ML Nunes - Sleep Science, 2017 - thieme-connect.com
Self-limited epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes is the most common paediatric epileptic
syndrome, with growing evidence linking it to various degrees and presentations of …

Neuropsychological disorders related to interictal epileptic discharges during sleep in benign epilepsy of childhood with centrotemporal or Rolandic spikes

MG Baglietto, FM Battaglia, L Nobili… - … medicine and child …, 2001 - cambridge.org
Nine children (five males, four females; age range 6 years 1 month to 11 years 1 month)
affected by benign epilepsy of childhood with centrotemporal or Rolandic spikes (BECRS) …

Patterns specific to pediatric EEG

RD Sheth - Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Misinterpretations of the EEG can result in erroneous diagnosis of epilepsy, causing
considerable family anxiety, over protectiveness of children, and delays in normal …

Influence of epileptic activity during sleep on cognitive performance in benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes

A Nissenkorn, A Pappo, Y Feldmann, G Heimer… - European Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes is benign childhood
epilepsy, presenting between 4 and 10 years of age, characterized by typical clinical and …

The role of sleep-related cognitive functions in the spectrum of benign epilepsy with centro-temporal spikes

S Miano, AN Datta - European journal of pediatrics, 2019 - Springer
Heterogeneous cognitive deficits have been described in the spectrum of benign epilepsy
with centro-temporal spikes, which strongly correlate with the intensity of interictal …

Clinical features at the time of diagnosis of benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes do not predict subsequent seizures

N Watemberg, S Afunevitz, E Ganelin-Cohen… - Pediatric Neurology, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTs) usually follows a self-
limited course, with a single or few seizures. Assessing the likelihood of a second seizure …