Sleep-related stridor due to dystonic vocal cord motion and neurogenic Tachypnea/Tachycardia in multiple system atrophy

Movement Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 673-678

  Vetrugno, Roberto ^a   Liguori, Rocco ^a   Cortelli, Pietro ^a   Plazzi, Giuseppe ^a   Vicini, Claudio ^b   Campanini, Aldo ^b   D'Angelo, Roberto ^a   Provini, Federica ^a   Montagna, Pasquale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b MORGAGNI PIERANTONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dystonia; Electromyography; Multiple system atrophy; Polysomnography; Sleep; Stridor

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSIS; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX DISORDER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; STRIDOR; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; VIDEORECORDING; VOCAL CORD;

DIAGNOSIS; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INNERVATION; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY; PHYSIOPATHOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SLEEP DISORDERS; TACHYCARDIA; VIDEO RECORDING; VOCAL CORDS;

EID: 34248999401     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21384     Document Type: Article

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