Improvement of epileptic seizure control with treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea

Seizure

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-78

  Vaughn, Bradley V ^a   D'Cruz, O'Neill F ^a   Beach, Robert ^a   Messenheimer, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CPAP; Epilepsy; Obstructive sleep apnoea; Sleep deprivation

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SEIZURE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER;

EID: 0029980273     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(96)80066-5     Document Type: Article

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