Sudden arousals from slow wave sleep and panic disorder: Successful treatment with anticonvulsants - A case report

Sleep

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 744-746

  Dantendorfer, Karl ^a,b   Frey, Richard ^a   Maierhofer, Dagmar ^a   Saletu, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsants; Atypical sleep disorders; Ictal brain activity; Panic disorder; Slow wave sleep

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SLOW BRAIN WAVE;

EID: 0030482921     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/19.9.744     Document Type: Article

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