Sleep disturbances in people with epilepsy; prevalence, impact and treatment

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 357-368

  van Golde, Esther G A ^a   Gutter, Therese ^a   de Weerd, Al W ^a  

^a STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome; Quality of life; Sleep disorders

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; MELATONIN; PLACEBO; VALPROIC ACID;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADENOIDECTOMY; BRUXISM; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GELASTIC SEIZURE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LEARNING DISORDER; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NONREM SLEEP; PARASOMNIA; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REM SLEEP DEPRIVATION; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RETT SYNDROME; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TONSILLECTOMY; TRACHEOSTOMY; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82455175243     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: 15322955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2011.01.002     Document Type: Review

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