title: Focal motor seizure with automatisms in a newborn.
abstract: Continuous synchronized video-EEG-polygraphic recordings allow us to better define the electroclinical patterns of epileptic events and to study the semiological features of neonatal seizures. Recently, complex behaviours and motor automatisms in newborns have been reported as being epileptic in nature. However, the debate on physiopathology (cortical or brainstem release phenomena) is ongoing. We present the synchronized video-EEG documentation of epileptic complex motor behaviours in a newborn male. Our case contributes to the discussion regarding the semiological classification of the neonatal seizures.[Published with video sequences].
authors.affiliation: Clinical Neurophysiology, Department of Pediatrics, Padova, Italy. vecchim@libero.it
authors.forename: Marilena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vecchi
authors.forename: Agnese
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Suppiej
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mastrangelo
authors.forename: Clementina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boniver
mesh_terms: D001332:Automatism / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D020936:Epilepsy, Benign Neonatal / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis; D020938:Epilepsy, Partial, Motor / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology; D012640:Seizures / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013577:Syndrome; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014743:Videotape Recording