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Medicina (Buenos Aires)

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Abstract

GUILLEN PINTO, Daniel  and  MEDINA ALVA, Pilar. Trastornos paroxísticos no epilépticos neonatales. Medicina (B. Aires) [online]. 2018, vol.78, suppl.2, pp.42-46. ISSN 0025-7680.

Non-epileptic paroxysmal disorders are frequent events in the neonate, generally transient. However, due to their intensity they can be confused as true epileptic seizures. The objective of this review is to update the concepts in relation to tremors, neonatal benign sleep myoclonus (MNBS) and hyperekplexia. The tremors are very frequent, once identified it must be determined if they belong to a hyperexcitability syndrome related to maternal or perinatal factors, in idiopathic cases a good prognosis is expected. MNBS are often confused with epileptic seizures. They are characterized by the fact that myoclonus is brief and occurs only in sleep, children are normal, and the EEG is also normal. Hyperekplexia is a rare, genetically determined disorder characterized by hypertonia and exaggerated startle reactions to a banal stimulus, which can be improved with clonazepam.

Keywords : Tremor; Myoclonus; Sleep; Neonate; Fetus; Hyperekplexia; Seizures; Epilepsy.

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