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Sleep problems are one of the most common comorbidities in epilepsy [1]. The available research indicates that children with epilepsy have a higher frequency of sleep problems than both their healthy siblings and healthy control subjects [2,3]. Multiple types of sleep problems, mainly based on parent-rated tools, have been reported including difficulty on initiating and maintaining sleep, sleep-disordered breathing, parasomnias and excessive daytime sleepiness [4].