Cognitive effects of treating obstructive sleep apnea in Alzheimer's disease: A randomized controlled study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2076-2081

  Ancoli Israel, Sonia ^a,b,e   Palmer, Barton W ^b,e   Cooke, Jana R ^c,e   Corey Bloom, Jody ^d,e   Fiorentino, Lavinia ^f   Natarajan, Loki ^a   Liu, Lianqi ^b,e   Ayalon, Liat ^b   He, Feng ^a   Loredo, Jose S ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cognitive impairment; CPAP; Dementia; Obstructive sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55349089930     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01934.x     Document Type: Article

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