Turkish Neurosurgery 1990 , Vol 1 , Num 3
SLEEP EEG IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF EPILEPSY
Atilla ERDEM1, Aytaç YİĞİT2, Adnan GÜVENER2, Şükrü ÇAĞLAR1
1Department of Neurosurgery University of Ankara, Medical Faculty, İbn-i Sina Hospital
2Department of Neurology University of Ankara, Medical Faculty, İbn-i Sina Hospital
In this study sleep EEG recordings of 20 epileptic patients with different types of seizures have been evaluated. Sleep EEG recordings were found to be helpful in detecting epileptic discharges of the patients whose waking EEGs failed to demonstrate specific abnormalities. Also, we had the occasion to record the epileptic attacks of two patients during sleep EEG recordings. Keywords : Epilepsy. Paroxysmal Activity. Sleep EEG Recordings