Modafinil for excessive sleepiness associated with shift-work sleep disorder

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 353, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 476-486

  Czeisler, Charles A ^a,b   Walsh, James K ^c   Roth, Thomas ^d   Hughes, Rod J ^e   Wright, Kenneth P ^a,b,f   Kingsbury, Lilliam ^e   Arora, Sanjay ^e   Schwartz, Jonathan R L ^g   Niebler, Gwendolyn E ^e   Dinges, David F ^h  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e CEPHALON INC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^g Integris Southwest and Baptist Medical Centers   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALON; MODAFINIL; PLACEBO; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NAUSEA; NERVOUSNESS; NIGHT WORK; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT MONITORING; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINITIS; SLEEP INDUCTION; SOMNOLENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOOTH DISEASE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; XEROSTOMIA; ATTENTION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; MIDDLE AGED; NON-PROGRAMMATIC; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; WORK SCHEDULE;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 23044480500     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa041292     Document Type: Article

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