Randomized trial of modafinil for the treatment of pathological somnolence in narcolepsy

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 88-97

  Fry, ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODAFINIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NARCOLEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOMNOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOLEPSY; REACTION TIME; SLEEP STAGES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 2642638767     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410430115     Document Type: Article

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