BENIGN NEONATAL SLEEP MYOCLONUS

Benign neonatal sleep myoclonus is a disorder characterised by abnorma l episodic jerky movements, which occur exclusively during sleep, When the history is suggestive of the diagnosis, and physical examination and basic investigations are normal, a confident diagnosis can usually be reached, and other potentially more serious neonatal seizure disor ders excluded. This allows the doctor to reassure the parents as to th e prognosis - the condition resolves spontaneously within the first ye ar, most often within the first three months, with no sequelae. We des cribe four patients who presented to one unit with this condition.