Myasthenia gravis: Sleep quality, quality of life, and disease severity

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 174-180

  De Lapiscina, Elena Hernández Martínez ^a   Aguirre, María Elena Erro ^a   Blanco, Teresa Ayuso ^a   Pascual, Ivonne Jericó ^a  

^a Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epworth sleepiness scale; Health related quality of life myasthenia gravis; Pittsburgh sleep quality index; Sleep disorders

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PITTSBURGH SLEEP QUALITY INDEX; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP QUALITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 84863994151     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.23296     Document Type: Article

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