Sleep apnea and epilepsy: Who's at risk?

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 363-367

  Foldvary Schaefer, Nancy ^a   Andrews, Noah D ^a   Pornsriniyom, Darakul ^a,b   Moul, Douglas E ^a   Sun, Zhiyuan ^a   Bena, James ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Bangkok Hospital Medical Center   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Apnea hypopnea index; Epilepsy; Observational study; Obstructive sleep apnea; Polysomnography; Standardized AED dose

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSOMNIA SEVERITY INDEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; SLEEP APNEA SCALE OF THE SLEEP DISORDER QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TOOTH DISEASE;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868674323     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.08.032     Document Type: Article

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