Is excessive daytime sleepiness with periodic leg movements during sleep a specific diagnostic category?

European Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 22-26

  Nicolas, A ^a   Lesperance P ^a   Montplaisir, J ^a  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Idiopathic hypersomnia; Periodic leg movements during sleep; Polygraphic recordings

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; LATENT PERIOD; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; NIGHT SLEEP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP;

EID: 2642680834     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000007951     Document Type: Article

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