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Sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy activated by rapid eye movement sleep Volume 20, issue 1, February 2018

This video demonstrates the semiology of two seizures captured by video-EEG-PSG. Seizureswere all preceded by a paroxysmal arousal (PA) which resembled normal awakening, characterized by manual automatisms, head turning, and leg stretching. Shortly afterwards, the patient opened his eyes with abnormal major motor behaviour and bizarre vocalization, characterized by repetitive twisting of the trunk from the left to the right side, associated with chaotic hypermotor activity involving the arms and legs.

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