Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in Patients with Myasthenia Gravis
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Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in Patients with Myasthenia Gravis.
Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) has not been investigated using objective tests in myasthenia gravis (MG). We investigated whether objective measurements of somnolence better detected abnormalities compared with sleepiness questionnaires in MG, and determine if MG patients have EDS. Eight patients with mild-to-moderate MG were recruited. Patients completed maintenance of wakefulness, overnig...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2214-3599
DOI: 10.3233/jnd-140057