Daytime sleepiness and changes of sleep architecture in patients with epilepsy

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 599-603

  Klobučníková, Katarína ^a   Kollár, Branislav ^a   Martinisková, Zuzana ^a  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic therapy; Daytime sleepiness; Epilepsy; Epworth scale of sleepiness; MSLT; NREM sleep; REM sleep; Sleep

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; PRIMIDONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; EPILEPSY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHT SLEEP; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REM SLEEP; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP PATTERN;

EID: 77649249250     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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