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[Neurophysiologic study of sleep in infants with cerebral palsy]
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Infants with cerebral palsy exhibit altered sleep patterns, including abnormal EEG, motor, and vegetative signs. These sleep disturbances correlate with symptom severity and can evolve over time.
Area of Science:
- Neurology
- Pediatrics
- Sleep Medicine
Abstract:
With the aid of a polygraphical study of day sleep in infants with cerebral palsy it was possible to demonstrate in many cases changes of qualitative characteristics of the stages of sleep with disorders of normal dynamics in the EEG, motor and vegetative signs. The authors detected a certain correlation between the degree of such changes and the severity of the clinical symptomatology, as well as a possibility of changes in expression of the pathology of sleep at different stages of the disease, sometimes with an increase of this pathology.