Comparison of cognitive performance among different age groups in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-24

  Alchanatis, Manos ^a   Zias, Nikolaos ^a,b   Deligiorgis, Nikolaos ^a   Liappas, Ioannis ^a   Chroneou, Alexandra ^a   Soldatos, Constantin ^a   Roussos, Charis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b Aiginitio Hospital ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Age groups; Attention; Cognitive; Hypoxia; Middle aged; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN HYPOXIA; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 38349171865     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: 15221709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-007-0133-y     Document Type: Article

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