[The value of sleep EEG following sleep deprivation before terminating anticonvulsive therapy in epileptic children and adolescents]. / Zum Aussagewert des Schlaf-EEG nach Schlafentzug vor Beendigung einer antikonvulsiven Therapie bei anfallskranken Kindern und Jugendlichen.

A sleep electroencephalogram was carried out after deprivation of sleep in 70 epileptic children and young people. The EEG was done before an intended reduction of anticonvulsants. Patients who had generalized paroxysmal patterns in the sleep EEG suffered from significantly more frequent relapse after and of therapy than those ones with local paroxysmal activity or electroencephalogram without paroxysmal activity respectively. A sleep EEG after deprivation of sleep should be carried out before a decision is made on the end of the therapy in patients with expected generalized paroxysmal patterns.