A normative study of the maintenance of wakefulness test (MWT)

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 554-562

  Doghramji, Karl ^a   Mitler, Merrill M ^b   Sangal, R Bart ^c   Shapiro, Colin ^d   Taylor, Sheila ^e   Walsleben, Joyce ^f   Belisle, Cynthia ^c   Erman, Milton K ^b   Hayduk, Rosa ^b   Hosn, Rima ^d   O'Malley, Edward B ^f   Sangal, Joanne M ^c   Schutte, Sharon L ^a   Youakim, James M ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Sleep Disorders Institute   (United States)

^d TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alertness; Excessive daytime somnolence; Maintenance of wakefulness test; MWT; Narcolepsy; Polysomnography; Sleepiness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DROWSINESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NARCOLEPSY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGES; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0030724524     PISSN: 00134694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-4694(97)00010-2     Document Type: Article

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