[Frequency and duration of minor epileptic seizures during treatment while undergoing multiple-day telemetric EEG monitoring].

The article presents statistical data on the time characteristics of petit mal epilepsy registered in the course of prolonged telemetric EEG recording in 3 epileptic patients in the process of treatment. The time-course of the frequency and also the average and total daily length of attacks during sleep or wakefulness are analyzed. The pattern of the genesis of paroxysms was found to be different: paroxysms were more likely both to arise and stop in sleep than in wakefulness. Nocturnal attacks were noted to be more resistant to therapeutic measures as compared with diurnal ones.