Validity and clinical utility of sleep laboratory criteria for insomnia

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 1994, Pages 11-21

  Vgontzas, Alexandros N ^a   Bixler, Edward O ^a   Kales, Anthony ^a   Manfredi, Rocco L ^a   Tyson, Kathy ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

And Maximum Diagnostic Accuracy; Insomnia; Polysomnogram; Positive Predictive Value; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SLEEP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MMPI; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SLEEP; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 0028476879     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207459408986015     Document Type: Article

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