Abstract
Apnoea seizures as the only symptom of an ictal event are uncommon. Most frequently they are a particular type of epileptic seizures of neonatal period. Up to now only 11 cases have been reported in the literature in childhood. We report further 2 girls respectively affected by severe myoclonic epilepsy and partial cryptogenic epilepsy. Poligraphic recording of apnoea seizures performed in both patients making it possible to differentiate these seizures from other non-epileptic apnoea events. The ictal EEG features of seizures suggest the deep site of the epileptic discharges in according with the literature data.
| Translated title of the contribution | Apnoea seizures in childhood |
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| Original language | Italian |
| Pages (from-to) | 259-260 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Bollettino - Lega Italiana contro l'Epilessia |
| Issue number | 70-71 |
| Publication status | Published - 1990 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Neurology