Interrelationship of sleep and juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME): A sleep questionnaire‐, EEG‐, and polysomnography (PSG)‐based prospective case–control study

CT Ramachandraiah, S Sinha, AB Taly, S Rao… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2012 - Elsevier
We studied the effects of 'epilepsy on sleep and its architecture'and 'sleep on the occurrence
and distribution of interictal epileptiform discharges (ED)'using 'sleep questionnaires','EEG' …

Altered polysomnographic profile in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

P Krishnan, S Sinha, AB Taly, CT Ramachandraiah… - Epilepsy research, 2014 - Elsevier
Purpose To study the spectra of sleep profile using PSG in a cohort of patients with JME
attending a University hospital. Methodology This prospective cross-sectional case–control …

Epileptic interictal discharges are more frequent during NREM slow wave downstates

PP Ujma, P Halász, A Kelemen, D Fabó, L Erőss - Neuroscience Letters, 2017 - Elsevier
Epileptiform activity in various but not all epilepsy and recording types and cerebral areas is
more frequent in NREM sleep, and especially during sleep periods with high-amplitude EEG …

Adult‐onset photosensitivity: clinical significance and epilepsy syndromes including idiopathic (possibly genetic) photosensitive occipital epilepsy

M Koutroumanidis, V Tsirka… - Epileptic …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
To evaluate the clinical associations of adult‐onset photosensitivity, we studied the clinical
and EEG data of patients who were referred due to a possible first seizure and who had a …

Drug-responsive versus drug-refractory mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: a single-center prospective outcome study

M Stefanatou, S Gatzonis, A Peskostas… - Postgraduate …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: To evaluate clinical, electrophysiological, and neuroradiological factors which
correlate with the prognosis in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE). Methods …

[HTML][HTML] Unmasking of myoclonus by lacosamide in generalized epilepsy

D Birnbaum, M Koubeissi - Epilepsy & behavior case reports, 2017 - Elsevier
Lacosamide is a new-generation antiseizure medication that is approved for use as an
adjunctive treatment and monotherapy in focal epilepsy. Its use in generalized epilepsy …

Epileptiform K-complexes and sleep spindles: an underreported phenomenon in genetic generalized epilepsy

U Seneviratne, M Cook, W D'Souza - Journal of clinical …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: To study the frequency of epileptiform K-complexes and sleep spindles as well as
clinical variables influencing those abnormalities. Methods: We prospectively performed 24 …

[HTML][HTML] Sleep architecture and epileptic characteristics of drug naïve patients in childhood absence epilepsy spectrum. A prospective study

A Dinopoulos, MA Tsirouda, A Bonakis, R Pons… - Seizure, 2018 - Elsevier
Purpose Childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) is an epileptic syndrome presenting between
2nd–10th years. The spells are elicited with hyperventilation (HV) while sleep seems to …

Electroencephalographic assessment of patients with epileptic seizures

DI Tsiptsios, RS Howard… - Expert review of …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
This article reviews the role of EEG in the diagnosis and management of patients with
epilepsies. We review the morphologic and behavioral characteristics of the interictal and …

[HTML][HTML] A polysomnographic study of slow-wave sleep loss in elderly patients with epilepsy

S Wang, M Wu, S Wu, F Lin, X Ji, J Yan - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Objective The primary objective is to explore what causes slow-wave sleep loss in elderly
patients with epilepsy. The secondary objective is to identify the PSG characteristics in …