Focal epileptic seizures mimicking sleep paralysis.
Epilepsy & behavior : E&B March 2009 Carlo Andrea Galimberti, Maria Ossola, Silvia Colnaghi et al.
Sleep paralysis (SP) is a common parasomnia. The diagnostic criteria for SP, as reported in the International Classification of Sleep Disorders, are essentially clinical, as electroencephalography (EEG)-polysomnography (PSG) is not mandatory. We describe a subject whose sleep-related events fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for SP, even though her visual hallucinations were elementary,...