Obstructive sleep apnea in epilepsy: A preliminary Egyptian study

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 765-771

  Shaheen, Hala A ^a   El Kader, Ann A Abd ^b   El Gohary, Amira M ^b   El Fayoumy, Neveen M ^b   Afifi, Lamia M ^b  

^a Fayoum University   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Obstructive sleep apnea; Polysomnography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERIODIC LIMB MOVEMENT DISORDER; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; AROUSAL; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EGYPT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NOCTURNAL MYOCLONUS SYNDROME; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 84867577668     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: 15221709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-011-0573-2     Document Type: Article

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