There is a reciprocal relationship between sleep and epilepsy: sleep affects epilepsy as well as epilepsy affects sleep. Since the onset of epilepsy most commonly occur during childhood, from infancy through adolescence, as well as many sleep disorders this chapters covers the complex relationship between sleep and epilepsy in children from the following point of view: effect of sleep on epilepsy, effect of epilepsy on sleep, effect of antiepileptic drugs on sleep and effect of sleep deprivation on epilepsy.
EPILEPSY AND SLEEP IN CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE / Cortesi, Flavia; Giannotti, Flavia; Sebastiani, Teresa. - STAMPA. - 11(2001), pp. 231-247.
EPILEPSY AND SLEEP IN CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE
CORTESI, Flavia;GIANNOTTI, Flavia;SEBASTIANI, TERESA
2001
Abstract
There is a reciprocal relationship between sleep and epilepsy: sleep affects epilepsy as well as epilepsy affects sleep. Since the onset of epilepsy most commonly occur during childhood, from infancy through adolescence, as well as many sleep disorders this chapters covers the complex relationship between sleep and epilepsy in children from the following point of view: effect of sleep on epilepsy, effect of epilepsy on sleep, effect of antiepileptic drugs on sleep and effect of sleep deprivation on epilepsy.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
