Sleep and epilepsy

Seminars in Neurology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 419-428

  Foldvary Schaefer, Nancy ^a   Grigg Damberger, Madeleine ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Interictal discharges; Seizures; Sleep; Sleep disorders

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETHOSUXIMIDE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENE MUTATION; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; NARCOLEPSY; NOCTURNAL SEIZURE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PARASOMNIA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 70449390545     PISSN: 02718235     EISSN: 10989021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1237115     Document Type: Review

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