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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Published in:	The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery
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
Subjects:	Obstructive sleep apnea Refractory epilepsy Polysomnogram Apnea hypopnea index
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41983-019-0072-0