Sleep disorders and stroke

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 231-242

  Wallace, Douglas M ^a,b   Ramos, Alberto R ^b   Rundek, Tatjana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Insomnia; Sleep apnea; Sleep disorders; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; CLONAZEPAM; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DOXEPIN; GABAPENTIN; GABAPENTIN ENACARBIL; MIRTAZAPINE; PRAMIPEXOLE; PREGABALIN; RAMELTEON; ROPINIROLE; ROTIGOTINE; TRAZODONE; ZOLPIDEM;

ACTIMETRY; APNEA; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CENTRAL SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENDER; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOPNEA INDEX; INSOMNIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODIC LIMB MOVEMENT DISORDER; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP TIME; SNORING; STROKE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

CHRONOBIOLOGY DISORDERS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SLEEP DISORDERS; STROKE;

EID: 84858257672     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2011.00760.x     Document Type: Review

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