Slow-Wave Sleep Fragmentation in Disorders of Arousal and Sleep-Related Hypermotor Epilepsy: A Multicenter Polysomnographic Study - PubMed
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- #Epilepsy
- #Sleep Disorders
- #Polysomnography
- SWS fragmentation is higher in DOAs than SHE, especially in slow and mixed arousals.
- SHE shows more fast interruptions in SWS compared to DOAs.
- DOAs have lower N2 sleep percentage but higher REM sleep percentage than SHE.
- SWS fragmentation patterns differ overnight, with DOAs showing reduction at night's end.
- SWS fragmentation indices have diagnostic value, with specific cutoffs for adults and children.