Article
Autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy--a critical overview.
Journal of neurology - 1 Aug 2004
Combi Romina, Dalprà Leda, Tenchini Maria Luisa, Ferini-Strambi Luigi
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy (ADNFLE) is an idiopathic epilepsy, with a spectrum of clinical manifestations, ranging from brief, stereotyped, sudden arousals to more complex dystonic-dyskinetic seizures. Video-polysomnography allows a correct differential diagnosis. There is no difference between sporadic nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy (NFLE) and ADNFLE in the clinical and...
Topics
- Acetazolamide
- Animals
- Anticonvulsants
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Electroencephalography
- Epilepsy, Frontal Lobe
- Genes, Dominant
- Humans
- Models, Neurological
- Mutation
- Nocturnal Myoclonus Syndrome
- Receptors, Nicotinic
