[Video-EEG monitoring in neonates: indications].
In neonates with paroxysmal events, video-EEG monitoring proves to be a powerful tool for diagnosis. It allows differentiation of epileptic seizures from other paroxysmal phenomena; a more precise analysis of clinical semiology of seizures; it may help in the localization of a seizure focus; it provides more comprehensive data for the evaluation of the interictal state.
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Service de Pédiatrie A, American Memorial Hospital, CHU, 49, rue Cognac-Jay, 51092 Reims Cedex, France.
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013036:Spasms, Infantile / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014741:Video Recording / Q000295:instrumentation*