Sleep-related periodic respiration with central sleep apnea in Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON)

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 426-427

  Vetrugno, Roberto ^a   Valentino, Maria Lucia ^a   Morgia, Chiara La ^a   Liguori, Rocco ^a   Stecchi, Sergio ^b   Mascalchi, Mario ^c   Fabbri, Margherita ^a   Montagna, Pasquale ^a   Carelli, Valerio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Multiple Sclerosis Center   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; BRAIN DAMAGE; BREATHING PATTERN; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL SCOTOMA; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LEBER HEREDITARY OPTIC NEUROPATHY; LETTER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MYOKYMIA; NEGATIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN SATURATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; OPTIC ATROPHY, HEREDITARY, LEBER; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SLEEP APNEA, CENTRAL;

EID: 77949913086     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2009.08.007     Document Type: Letter

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