Periodic leg movements in narcolepsy patients: Impact on sleep architecture

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 351-355

  Bahammam, A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Architecture; Arousal; Epworth Sleepiness Scale; Narcolepsy; Periodic leg movements; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARCOLEPSY; PERCEPTION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP;

ADULT; AROUSAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NARCOLEPSY; NOCTURNAL MYOCLONUS SYNDROME; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 34247885932     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2006.00754.x     Document Type: Article

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