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Non-epileptic
vacant spells
Concurrent electroencephalogram
(EEG) and brainstem autonomic monitoring is at present the
only clinical means of diagnosing non-epileptic behaviours
in Rett syndrome, thereby saving some Rett patients from unnecessary
administration of anti-epileptic drugs. We are able to identify
"non-epileptic
vacant spells", usually associated with involuntary
movements and dystonic postures, which can be mistaken for
clinical epileptic seizures. Rett patients with Valsalva's
type of breathing, apneustic breathers and feeble breathers
are all predisposed to non-epileptic vacant spells.
The
graph and videos were recorded using the NeuroScope™ system
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