A study of sleeping disorders in blind patients

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Das, Amitava ^a   Sasmal, Nirmal Kumar ^a   Deb, Rudra Kishore ^a   Bera, Nirmal Kumar ^a   Sanyal, Debasish ^a,b   Chatterjee, Soumya Swarup ^a   Bhaduri, Gautam ^a,c  

^a NORTH BENGAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Department of Psychiatry ^*

^c Regional Institute of Ophthalmology   (India)

Author keywords

Biological clock; Blind; Circadian rhythms; Sleep disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BLINDNESS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; INCIDENCE; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCREENING; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ILLUMINATION; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BLINDNESS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LIGHTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 34249684910     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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