REM sleep behaviour disorder in elderly subjects with epilepsy: Frequency and clinical aspects of the comorbidity

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 77, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 128-133

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

^a C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elderly; Epileptic seizures; REM sleep behaviour disorder

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASOMNIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SENESCENCE; WAKEFULNESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; COMORBIDITY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REM SLEEP BEHAVIOR DISORDER;

EID: 36248937218     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

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