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'''Small sharp spikes (SSS)''' 
Synonymes: BETS (Benign Epileptiform Transients of Sleep) and bening sporadic sleep spikes
* Occur in light sleep (non-REM 1 and 2 sleep)
* Amplitude of <50 microV and duration of <50 ms
* Usually monophasic, occasionally diphasic
* Occasionally followed by a slow wave, however do not disturb the background
* Located temporal uni- or bilateral
* Incidence of 20%
* Small sharp spikes are not associated with epilepsy


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''''' Small sharp spikes bilateral during non-REM 1 sleep (average)'''''
[[File: SSS bitemporal (average).png|border|1200px|left]]
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