The effects of lamotrigine on sleep in patients with epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1569-1573

  Foldvary, Nancy ^a   Perry, Michael ^a   Lee, Julia ^a   Dinner, Dudley ^a   Morris, Harold H ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Insomnia; Lamotrigine; Polysomnography; Sleep; Sleep architecture

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REM SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP STAGE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; COHORT STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SLEEP, REM; TRIAZINES;

EID: 0035669183     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2001.46100.x     Document Type: Article

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