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Purpose: To define Stereo-EEG (SEEG) ictal and interictal patterns associated with different pathologies in a cohort of patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed findings from 102 patient with epilepsy due to Polymicrogyria (PMG), Periventricular Nodular Heterotopia (PNH), Focal Cortical Dysplasia (FCD)...

Purposes: To show the results of the investigation conducted with intracerebral electrodes in a patient with drug-resistant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy, characterized by sleep-related paroxysmal motor attacks of increasing complexity ranging from simple and brief stereotyped motor events to paroxysmal arousals and major attacks. Methods:...

Sleep-related hyperkinetic seizures are a common feature of nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy. Although sleep-related seizures with a temporal lobe origin have been reported, they commonly lack hyperkinetic activity. The authors describe three patients with sleep-related seizures characterized by frenetic, agitated, hyperactive movements...