title: Benign infantile nocturnal myoclonus.
abstract: Myoclonic jerks during sleep is a normal phenomenon seen also in infancy. Sometimes the episodes can be extended both in duration and seizure type. When this happens it should be differentiated from epilepsy and treatment is not needed. Five cases are reported.
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology; D013036:Spasms, Infantile / Q000175:diagnosis*