Excessive daytime sleepiness and subjective sleep quality in patients with nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy: A case-control study

Epilepsia

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2006, Pages 73-77

  Vignatelli, Luca ^a   Bisulli, Francesca ^a   Naldi, Ilaria ^a   Ferioli, Simona ^a   Pittau, Francesca ^a   Provini, Federica ^a   Plazzi, Giuseppe ^a   Vetrugno, Roberto ^a   Montagna, Pasquale ^a   Tinuper, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case control study; Daytime sleepiness; Nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy; Sleep disorders; Sleep questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; NOCTURNAL SEIZURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 33845540067     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00882.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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