Refractory epilepsy and obstructive sleep apnea: is there an association?

Refractory epilepsy and obstructive sleep apnea: is there an association?

Abstract Background A high prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been reported in medically refractory epilepsy patients, and there is increasing evidence that treatment of OSA in refractory epilepsy patients would reduce seizure frequency. Objective Studying the frequency of occurrence of...

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Main Authors: Hebatallah R. Rashed, Mohamad A. Tork, Lobna M. El-Nabil, Naglaa M. El-Khayat, Nahed S. Ahmed, Salem T. Abdelhady, Khaled O. Abdulghani, M. Ossama Abdulghani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-05-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery
Subjects:
Obstructive sleep apnea
Refractory epilepsy
Polysomnogram
Apnea hypopnea index
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41983-019-0072-0

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