Sleep and Fasciculations in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Somnologie

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-30

  Šonka, Karel ^a,b   Fiksa, Jan ^a,b   Horváth, Eszter ^a,b   Kemlink, David ^a,b   Süssová, Jana ^a,b   Böhm, Jiři ^a,b   Šebesta, Václav ^c   Volná, Jana ^a,b   Nevšímalová, Soňa ^a,b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); Electromyography (EMG); Fasciculation; Fragmentary myoclonus; Periodic leg movements in sleep (PLMS); Polysomnography (PSG); REM sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG MUSCLE; LIMB MOVEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; TIBIA;

EID: 1542346496     PISSN: 14329123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-054X.2003.00010.x     Document Type: Article

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