title: A note on the occurrence of unusual electroencephalographic sleep patterns in selected normal children.
abstract: Polysomnographic recordings were performed in 50 children free from any familial or personal history of seizure or neurologic diseases to evaluate the frequency of epileptiform and unusual electroencephalographic patterns in a normal population. A 9-year-old boy exhibited focal spikes that became bilateral with a density of 24% to 32% during slow wave sleep, and another boy showed a few spikes during slow wave sleep. In seven cases, 14- and 6-Hz rhythms were recorded, mostly in rapid eye movement sleep. A right rhythmic and temporal discharge was observed in one girl. Epileptiform electroencephalographic patterns are not infrequent, and 14- and 6-Hz rhythms during rapid eye movement sleep are common in normal children.
authors: Service de Neurologie, CHU Bretonneau, Tours, France.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Autret
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Lucas
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Degiovanni
authors: B
authors: B
authors: de Toffol
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Billard
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012894:Sleep Stages; D012895:Sleep, REM; D013826:Theta Rhythm; D014851:Wakefulness