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Sleep and Epilepsy: Practical Implications
Madeleine M Grigg-Damberger1, Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer2
1Department of Neurology, University of New Mexico, MSC10 5620, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, USA.
Abstract:
Sleep is a restorative balm for many, often less so for people with epilepsy. Complex bidirectional interactions between sleep and epilepsy can be detrimental to sleep, epilepsy and those affected. Sleep is a state of variable activation of the EEG and seizure occurrence in people with epilepsy. Sleep disorders are highly prevalent and portend worse seizure and epilepsy-related outcomes. Randomized clinical trials of sleep interventions in epilepsy populations are few, yet warranted, given the effects of sleep dysfunction on quality of life and the risk of SUDEP in people with epilepsy.
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