## Abstract To investigate excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), the reasons for which have not yet been clarified, polysomnography (PSG) and the Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT) were performed in 46 patients with PD, and, in addition, PSG was performed in
Reply: Excessive daytime sleepiness in patients with Parkinson's disease: A polysomnography study
β Scribed by Isaac Shpirer; Richard Goldstein; Ala Miniovitz; Colin Klein; Tatiana Prokhorov; Jack Theitler; Lea Pollak; Jose Martin Rabey
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 44 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-3185
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