Persistence of repetitive EEG arousals (K-alpha complexes) in RLS patients treated with L-DOPA

Sleep

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 196-199

  Montplaisir, Jacques ^a   Boucher, Sylvie ^a   Gosselin, Anik ^a   Poirier, Gaétan ^a   Lavigne, Gilles ^b  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arousal; K alpha; K complexes; L DOPA; Restless legs syndrome

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME;

EID: 0029986643     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/19.3.196     Document Type: Article

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