Excessive daytime sleepiness: An unusual presentation of myotonic dystrophy

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 431-432

  Khandelwal, D ^a   Bhatia, Manvir ^a   Tripathi, M ^a   Sahota, P ^a   Jain, S ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Excessive daytime sleepiness; Myotonic dystrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMNOLENCE;

EID: 0036749948     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-9457(02)00072-2     Document Type: Article

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