Nighttime awakenings responding to gabapentin therapy in late premenopausal women: A case series

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 187-189

  Guttuso, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Awakenings; Estradiol; Hot flash; Insomnia; Menopause; Night sweat

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ESTRADIOL; GABAPENTIN; LEVONORGESTREL; TRAZODONE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CASE REPORT; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DIZZINESS; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; NIGHT SWEAT; OVARY CYST; PERIODIC LIMB MOVEMENT DISORDER; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREMENOPAUSE; REM SLEEP; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SNORING;

EID: 84861114730     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.1776     Document Type: Article

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