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Abstract
Epilepsy is a common chronic neurological disorder accompanied by a wide range of comorbid conditions that can adversely affect the quality of life of patients. There is a complicated and reciprocal relationship between sleep and epilepsy, which has long been recognized, yet our understanding of this relationship is incomplete; so this relationship is a topic that has been intriguing to physicians and researchers for many years. Sleep state clearly influences seizure onset, particularly in certain epilepsy syndromes. The converse is also true; epilepsy may disrupt sleep, either directly through seizures and epileptiform activity, or indirectly through medication-related effects. In our study we tried to study the possible effect of epilepsy on sleep architecture in Non-medicated primary epileptic patients. The study was conducted in Neuropsychiatry Department at Tanta University Hospitals from August 2013 through April 2014. It included 51 subjects aged from 6-30 years old of both genders attending the outpatient clinics. Patients were classified into 3 groups as follows: Group I: 17 patients with generalized epilepsy. Group II: 17 patients with partial epilepsy. Group III: 17 age and sex matched normal volunteers as control group.