Relationship between hypersomnia and respiratory disorder during sleep in Prader-Willi syndrome

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 323-325

  Hiroe, Yu ^a   Inoue, Yuichi ^a   Higami, Shigeru ^a   Suto, Yuji ^a   Kawahara, Ryuzo ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophageal pressure; Excessive daytime sleepiness; Prader Willi syndrome; Respiratory disorder during sleep; Upper airway magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; MALE; NIGHT SLEEP; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 0033947609     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2000.00697.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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