Sleep later, remember now: The importance of sleep research on the occurrence of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 298, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 167-168

  Scorza, Fulvio A ^a   Cavalheiro, Esper A ^a   Arida, Ricardo M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

AGE; APNEA; BODY POSTURE; CENTRAL SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SUDDEN DEATH; SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH IN EPILEPSY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; DEATH, SUDDEN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; SEIZURES; SLEEP;

EID: 77958154358     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2010.08.006     Document Type: Letter

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