Periodic K-alpha sleep EEG activity and periodic limb movements during sleep: Comparisons of clinical features and sleep parameters

Sleep

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 200-204

  MacFarlane, J G ^a,b   Shahal, B ^a   Mously, C ^a   Moldofsky, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Fibromyalgia; Periodic K alpha; Periodic limb movements during sleep; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029997611     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/19.3.200     Document Type: Article

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