Demographic, clinical, and polysomnographic features in patients with narcolepsy: An experience of 181 patients with narcolepsy from a Turkish sleep center

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 177-181

  Erdem, Murat ^a   Oz, Oguzhan ^a   Balikci, Adem ^a   Yucel, Mehmet ^a   Alper, Mustafa ^a   Akgun, Hakan ^a   Ozgen, Fuat ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATAPLEXY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIPLE SLEEP LATENCY TEST; NARCOLEPSY; PARASOMNIA; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REM SLEEP; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; SOCIAL ASPECT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84863604555     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: 22402993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13760-012-0053-x     Document Type: Article

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