Morvan chorea and agrypnia excitata: When video-polysomnographic recording guides the diagnosis

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1041-1043

  Provini, Federica ^a   Marconi, Sara ^a   Amadori, Marcello ^a   Guaraldi, Pietro ^a   Pierangeli, Giulia ^a   Cortelli, Pietro ^a   Lugaresi, Elio ^a   Montagna, Pasquale ^a   Tinuper, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agrypnia excitata; Limbic encephalopathy; Morvan chorea; Oneiric stupor; REM sleep behaviour disorder; Video polysomnography

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ANTIBODY;

AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; APATHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHOREA; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; MORVAN CHOREA; NONREM SLEEP; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMAPHERESIS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; STUPOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEORECORDING; VIVID DREAM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MYOKYMIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP DISORDER;

AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MYOKYMIA; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP DISORDERS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84859912927     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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