Respiratory patterns during sleep in Down's syndrome: Importance of central apnoeas

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 134-141

  Ferri, Raffaele ^a,b   Curzi Dascalova, Lilia ^c   Del Gracco, Stefano ^b   Elia, Maurizio ^b   Musumeci, Sebastiano A ^b   Stefanini, Maria C ^b  

^a Sleep Research Centre   (Italy)

^b OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

^c HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Central sleep apnoea; Down's syndrome; Obstructive sleep apnoea; Respiratory pattern; Sighs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY MOVEMENT; BRAIN STEM; BREATHING PATTERN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP STAGE;

EID: 0030745185     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2869.1997.00030.x     Document Type: Article

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