NOT ALL SPELLS ARE EPILEPTIC IN DEVASTATING NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS: BREATH-HOLDING SPELLS IN INFANTILE NEUROAXONAL DYSTROPHY

Abstract

Breath-holding spells are episodes of brief involuntary cessations of breathing that occur in children in response to stimuli such as fear or injury. They are usually benign, and although very rarely, breath-holding spells accompany deteriorative neurological diseases.