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Revision as of 12:35, 22 February 2017
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
