Focusing on vigilance instead of sleepiness in the assessment of narcolepsy: High sensitivity of the Sustained Attention to Response Task (SART)

Sleep

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 187-191

  Fronczek, Rolf ^a   Middelkoop, Huub A M ^a   Gert Van Dijk, J ^a   Lammers, Gert Jan ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Excessive daytime sleepiness; Multiple Sleep Latency Test; Narcolepsy; Performance; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MUTIPLE SLEEP LATENCY TEST; NARCOLEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SLEEP DISORDER; TASK PERFORMANCE; AROUSAL; HOSPITALIZATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; SOMNOLENCE; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NARCOLEPSY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 33646943020     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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