Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy Presenting as Obstructive Type Sleep Apnea

A 20-year-old man presented with sleep apnea. Polysomnography was performed and it revealed nine apneas and two hypopneas. Contrary to typical apnea, however, rhythmic epileptiform discharges appeared at bifrontal area on EEG just before the start of apnoea. Video-EEG monitoring was performed to cla...

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Main Authors: Cho, Jae Wook, Kim, Dae Jin, Noh, Kyung Ha, Kim, Seonhye, Lee, Jae Hyeok, Kim, Jee Hyun
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Korean Epilepsy Society 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3952334/