REM sleep behavior disorder and epileptic phenomena: Clinical aspects of the comorbidity

Epilepsia

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2006, Pages 78-81

  Manni, Raffaele ^a   Terzaghi, Michele ^a   Zambrelli, Elena ^a  

^a C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Epilepsy; REM sleep behavior disorder; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ONSET AGE; PARASOMNIA; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAKEFULNESS;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REM SLEEP BEHAVIOR DISORDER; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33845540445     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00883.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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