Recurrent nightmares and disorders of arousal in temporal lobe epilepsy

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 369-376

  Silvestri, Rosalia ^a,b,c   Bromfield, Edward ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Long term monitoring (LTM); Parasomnias; Refractory epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; NIGHTMARE; NOCTURNAL SEIZURE; PARASOMNIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP WALKING; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DREAMS; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP AROUSAL DISORDERS;

EID: 3042779517     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2003.12.009     Document Type: Article

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