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Epilepsy with continuous spike wave during sleep

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Link to WHO Definition

Epilepsy with continuous spike wave during sleep – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1030776216

Functional disorder in a child with or without pre-morbid developmental disturbances, characterised by severe paroxysmal EEG disturbances (focal or multifocal, bilateral anterior 2Hz spike and slow-wave discharges) occupying most sleep time, self-limited seizures of various types, cognitive decline and behavioural deterioration, and stabilization or improvement of behaviour after resolution of the EEG abnormalities. Neuroimaging studies are frequently abnormal reflecting prior neurological insults.