Symptom description and management in narcolepsy

Holistic Nursing Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 44-53

  Cohen, Felissa L ^a   Nehring, Wendy M ^b   Cloninger, Lea ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataplexy; Chronic disease; Coping; Narcolepsy; Psychosocial; Sleep; Sleep disorders; Symptom management; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATAPLEXY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOLEPSY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATAPLEXY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOLEPSY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE;

EID: 0030187771     PISSN: 08879311     EISSN: 15505138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004650-199607000-00008     Document Type: Article

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