Propofol-Induced Sleep: Efficacy and Safety in Patients with Refractory Chronic Primary Insomnia

Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 161-166

  Xu, Zhiqiang ^a   Jiang, Xiaojiang ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Gao, Dong ^a   Li, Xunjun ^a   Liu, Juan ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Primary insomnia; Propofol

Indexed keywords

INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROPOFOL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79958266773     PISSN: 10859195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12013-010-9135-7     Document Type: Article

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