Accident prevalence in a group of patients with the narcolepsy-cataplexy syndrome;Prevalencia de accidentes en un grupo de pacientes afectos de sindrome de narcolepsia-cataplejia

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 596-598

  Leon Munoz L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accident; Alert; Driving; Epidemiology; Hypersomnia; Narcolepsy

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; CATAPLEXY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRIVING ABILITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NARCOLEPSY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYNDROME;

EID: 0034673787     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3006.99584     Document Type: Conference Paper

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