SCHIARITI M

Object. The authors report on the use of stereoelectroencephalography (stereo-EEG) in the presurgical electroclinical evaluation of infants and very young children with focal drug-resistant epilepsy. Methods. Fifteen patients (9 girls and 6 boys, mean age 34.1 ± 7.3 months, range 21-45 months), potentially candidates to receive surgical...

Background: Sleep-related complex motor seizures have long been considered pathognomonic features of Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy (NFLE). In recent years, these manifestations have also been reported to have a temporal or insular origin. Method: We describe 40 drug-resistant epileptic patients with complex motor seizures during sleep,...

Purpose: Sleep-related complex motor seizures are a common feature of nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy. Nevertheless, recent studies also suggest that sleep-related hypermotor seizures can originate in the insula. The present study describes the electroclinical features of eight drug-resistant epileptic patients with insular-opercular seizures...