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Benign neonatal sleep myoclonus: Clinical features and video‐polygraphic recordings
Author(s) -
Di Capua Matteo,
Fusco Lucia,
Ricci Stefano,
Vigevano Federico
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
movement disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.352
H-Index - 198
eISSN - 1531-8257
pISSN - 0885-3185
DOI - 10.1002/mds.870080213
Subject(s) - myoclonus , myoclonic jerk , electroencephalography , medicine , sleep (system call) , myoclonic epilepsy , etiology , anesthesia , audiology , pediatrics , psychology , epilepsy , psychiatry , computer science , operating system
Abstract Benign neonatal sleep myoclonus is a syndrome characterized by the occurrence of repetitive myoclonic jerks of the extremities exclusively during non–rapid eye movement sleep in the early life of healthy newborns. No etiological factors are present. The onset is within the first 15 days of life with spontaneous disappearance within 3–4 months. These myoclonic events are commonly diagnosed as epileptic seizures. We observed 12 newborns with this clinical pattern; the follow‐up ranges from 12 to 60 months. Long‐term videopolygraphic electroencephalographic (EEG) monitoring demonstrated normal EEG activity, thus confirming that these unusual events were nonepileptic.