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...
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 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2019-05-01
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Series: | The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41983-019-0072-0 |
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