Abstract
A 15 year old girl with a history of childhood absence seizures underwent a prolonged EEG recording. Twelve bursts of 3 Hz generalized spike and wave were recorded during drowsiness and light sleep, all of which were preceded by 14 and 6 Hz positive spikes with a latency of under 1 s. Nine bursts of polyspike-wave, not preceded by 14 and 6 Hz positive spikes, were recorded during deeper sleep (stage 3). The bursts of polyspike-wave were significantly longer when preceded by 14 and 6 Hz spikes than when observed in isolation. The close association between these paroxysmal events in our patient is intriguing, may be coincidental, and has never before been reported.
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