Modafinil in Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome: A Pilot Study in 6 Patients

Respiration

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 159-161

  Arnulf, Isabelle ^a   Homeyer, Pascale ^a   Garma, Lucile ^a   Whitelaw, William A ^a   Derenne, Jean Philippe ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Excessive daytime sleepiness; Obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome; Pharmacological treatment

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MODAFINIL;

ADULT; AGED; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY; NIGHT SLEEP; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOMNOLENCE; VERBAL MEMORY;

AGED; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 0031057460     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000196661     Document Type: Article

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