The macrostructure and microstructure of sleep in patients with autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-86

  Zucconi, Marco ^a,b   Oldani, Alessandro ^a   Smirne, Salvatore ^a   Ferini Strambi, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

ADNFLE; Cyclic alternating pattern; Nocturnal seizures; Sleep Macrostructure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; NONREM SLEEP; SEIZURE; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SOMNOLENCE;

EID: 0033969162     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-200001000-00008     Document Type: Article

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