Distinctive polysomnographic traits in nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy

Purpose:  To describe the polysomnographic features and distribution of epileptic motor events, in relation to conventional sleep measures and cyclic alternating pattern (CAP) parameters, in 40 untreated patients with nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy (NFLE).

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