title: Benign neonatal sleep myoclonus.
abstract: Benign neonatal sleep myoclonus is a disorder characterised by abnormal episodic jerky movements, which occur exclusively during sleep. When the history is suggestive of the diagnosis, and physical examination and basic investigations are normal, a confident diagnosis can usually be reached, and other potentially more serious neonatal seizure disorders excluded. This allows the doctor to reassure the parents as to the prognosis--the condition resolves spontaneously within the first year, most often within the first three months, with no sequelae. We describe four patients who presented to one unit with this condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, University College Hospital, Galway.
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Noone
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Loftus
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009207:Myoclonus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*