Nighttime sleep and daytime functioning (sleepiness and fatigue) in less well-defined chronic rheumatic diseases with particular reference to the 'alpha-delta NREM sleep anomaly'

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 195-207

  Mahowald, Maren L ^a   Mahowald, Mark W ^b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha delta NREM sleep anomaly; Alpha delta sleep; Chronic fatigue syndrome; Fibromyalgia; Musculoskeletal pain; Sleep

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001403208     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-9457(00)00028-9     Document Type: Review

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