Melatonin versus chloral hydrate on sleep induction for recording electroencephalography in children: a randomized clinical trial.

Background: Electroencephalography (EEG) plays an essential role in the diagnosis of seizures. EEG recording in children is done with partial sleep deprivation and sedative drugs. To compare the effectiveness of melatonin and chloral hydrate on sleep induction and EEG recording in children.

Leukoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter disease: a case report study.

Unlabelled: Vanishing white matter (VWM) is a neurological disorder that has an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance. VWM is caused due to a mutation in in any of the five genes of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2B (eIF2B). The etiology is unknown.