Clinical feature | Rationale |
Occurrence at random time of the night (rather than first one-third of the night as in parasomnias associated with arousal from NREM sleep*) |
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Very frequent occurrence (>2 or 3 nights per week) | |
Hypermotor thrashing behavior during nocturnal event | |
Short duration of event (seconds, rather than minutes as in arousal parasomnias) | |
Fatigue upon awakening | This feature suggests obstructive sleep apnea or possibly nocturnal seizures |
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