Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis associated with insomnia and the aggravation of sleep-disordered breathing

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 263-264

  Takekawa, Hidehiro ^a   Kubo, Jin ^a   Miyamoto, Tomoyuki ^a   Miyamoto, Masayuki ^a   Hirata, Koichi ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; BiPAP therapy; Intercostal muscle; Nasal positive airway pressure; Paraspinal muscle; Sleep disordered breathing

Indexed keywords

HYPNOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BREATHING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INSOMNIA; LUNG ALVEOLUS HYPOVENTILATION; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; REM SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SLEEP, REM; THORAX;

EID: 0034989982     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2001.00852.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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