The Indications for Polysomnography and Related Procedures

A New Method for Measuring Daytime Sleepiness: The Epworth Sleepiness Scale

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A manual of standardized terminology, techniques and scoring system for sleep stages of human subjects

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The International Classification of Sleep Disorders: Diagnostic and Coding Manual

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Reliability and Factor Analysis of the Epworth Sleepiness Scale

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Cyclic variations in EEG during sleep and their relation to eye movements, body motility, and dreaming

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Mortality and Apnea Index in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

1988 • 1,527 citations

Chronic Behavioral Disorders of Human REM Sleep: A New Category of Parasomnia

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Cardiac arrhythmia and conduction disturbances during sleep in 400 patients with sleep apnea syndrome

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Extreme obesity associated with alveolar hypoventilation—A pickwickian syndrome

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Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Community-Dwelling Elderly

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The epidemiology of interstitial lung diseases.

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Prevalence of sleep disorders in the Los Angeles metropolitan area

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Sleepiness in Different Situations Measured by the Epworth Sleepiness Scale

1994 • 731 citations

The Sleep Disorders Questionnaire I: Creation and Multivariate Structure of SDQ

1994 • 544 citations

Iron Status and Restless Legs Syndrome in the Elderly

1994 • 487 citations

Likelihood ratios for a sleep apnea clinical prediction rule.

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Neck circumference and other clinical features in the diagnosis of the obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome.

1992 • 470 citations

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1978 • 454 citations

Association of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and sleep apnea syndrome.

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Polygraphic study of the episodic diurnal and nocturnal (hypnic and respiratory) manifestations of the pickwick syndrome

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Daytime Sleepiness and Vascular Morbidity at Seven-Year Follow-up in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients

1990 • 438 citations

Clinical value of polysomnography

1992 • 394 citations

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1987 • 378 citations

Practice Parameters for the Indications for Polysomnography and Related Procedures

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Periodic movements in sleep (nocturnal myoclonus): Relation to sleep disorders

1980 • 344 citations

Sleep Fragmentation and Daytime Sleepiness

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Insomnia with Sleep Apnea: A New Syndrome

1973 • 337 citations

Wrist Actigraphy in Insomnia

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Sleep problems and their correlates in a working population

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REM sleep behaviour disorder: an update on a series of 96 patients and a review of the world literature

1993 • 317 citations

Does sleep disturbance predict depression in elderly people? A study in inner London.

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TRANSIENT HYPOXÆMIA DURING SLEEP IN CHRONIC BRONCHITIS AND EMPHYSEMA

1979 • 308 citations

Sleep-wake disorders based on a polysomnographic diagnosis. A national cooperative study

1982 • 307 citations

Sleep complaints are common in a dialysis unit

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Do Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Have Thick Necks?

1990 • 303 citations

Are History and Physical Examination a Good Screening Test for Sleep Apnea?

1991 • 294 citations

Predictive value of clinical features for the obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome

1996 • 288 citations

Relationship of Ventricular Ectopy to Oxyhemoglobin Desaturation in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

1985 • 283 citations

Hereditary Factors in Sleepwalking and Night Terrors

1980 • 258 citations

From early to late adulthood changes in EEG sleep of depressed patients and healthy volunteers

1991 • 247 citations

Prevalence and Treatment of Insomnia in the Community: Results from the Upper Bavarian Field Study

1991 • 242 citations

Upper Airway Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Women

1995 • 226 citations

Cardiac Arrhythmias, Snoring, and Sleep Apnea

1994 • 220 citations

Reversal of Central Sleep Apnea Using Nasal CPAP

1986 • 217 citations

Polysomnographic, neurologic, psychiatric, and clinical outcome report on 70 consecutive cases with REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD): sustained clonazepam efficacy in 89.5% of 57 treated patients

1990 • 215 citations

The prevalence of narcolepsy: An epidemiological study of the Finnish Twin Cohort

1994 • 213 citations

A Comparison of Clinical Assessment and Home Oximetry in the Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

1993 • 212 citations

Nocturnal hypoxaemia and quality of sleep in patients with chronic obstructive lung disease.

1986 • 208 citations

Disordered breathing and oxygen desaturation during sleep in patients with chronic obstructive lung disease (COLD)

1979 • 207 citations

Predictors of Objective Level of Daytime Sleepiness in Patients with Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders

1989 • 206 citations

Estimation of the Probability of Disturbed Breathing during Sleep before a Sleep Study

1990 • 204 citations

Utility of Nocturnal Home Oximetry for Case Finding in Patients with Suspected Sleep Apnea Hypopnea Syndrome

1993 • 200 citations

Restless leg syndrome in pregnancy.

1988 • 196 citations

Accuracy of Oximetry for Detection of Respiratory Disturbances in Sleep Apnea Syndrome

1996 • 193 citations

Reversal of sinus arrest and atrioventricular conduction block in patients with sleep apnea during nasal continuous positive airway pressure.

1995 • 183 citations

Night-to-Night Variability in Sleep Apnea and Sleep-Related Periodic Leg Movements in the Elderly

1988 • 180 citations

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1988 • 178 citations

Somnambulism: All-Night Electroencephalographic Studies

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Noninvasive Ventilation: Does it Work, for Whom, and How?

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Disorders of Excessive Daytime Somnolence: Polygraphic and Clinical Data for 100 Patients

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Homicidal Somnambulism: A Case Report

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Nocturnal Hypoxemia as a Determinant of Vigilance Impairment in Sleep Apnea Syndrome

1991 • 165 citations

Bariatric surgery in morbidly obese sleep-apnea patients: short- and long-term follow-up

1992 • 163 citations

Recurrence of Sleep Apnea Without Concomitant Weight Increase 7.5 Years After Weight Reduction Surgery

1994 • 162 citations

ST-segment depression during sleep in obstructive sleep apnea

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Night-to-night consistency of apneas during sleep.

1984 • 161 citations

Nocturnal myoclonus and nocturnal myoclonic activity in the normal population.

1982 • 161 citations

Screening for Sleep Apnea Using Pulse Oximetry and A Clinical Score

1991 • 158 citations

Hypersomnia in bipolar depression: a comparison with narcolepsy using the multiple sleep latency test

1991 • 155 citations

Maintenance of Wakefulness Test in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome

1992 • 153 citations

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1977 • 148 citations

Chronic obstructive airflow disease and sleep studies.

1980 • 144 citations

Identifying Sleep Apnea from Self-Reports

1988 • 143 citations

Relative Validity of Self-Reported Snoring as a Symptom of Sleep Apnea in a Sleep Clinic Population

1991 • 143 citations

In Quest of Identifying Vulnerability Markers for Psychiatric Disorders by All-Night Polysomnography

1995 • 143 citations

Insomnia in the elderly : Prevalence, gender differences and relationships with morbidity and mortality

1993 • 142 citations

REM sleep episodes during the multiple sleep latency test in narcoleptic patients

1979 • 142 citations

Restless legs syndrome in uremic neuropathy

1966 • 138 citations

Sleep panic attacks: new clinical findings and theoretical implications

1989 • 138 citations

Periodic Leg Movements (PLM): Their Relationship to Sleep Stages

1993 • 133 citations

Ambulatory 24 hour sleep-wake monitoring in narcolepsy-cataplexy compared to matched controls

1988 • 132 citations

The value of sleep recording in evaluating somnambulism in young adults

1991 • 131 citations

Epileptic Nocturnal Wanderings

1995 • 130 citations

Electroencephalograms of Epileptics Following Sleep Deprivation

1965 • 129 citations

Continuous In-Vivo Monitoring of Arterial Oxygenation in Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease

1977 • 128 citations

Sleep Apnea Syndrome in the Morbidly Obese as an Indication for Weight Reduction Surgery

1984 • 127 citations

Effects of Alterations in Pulmonary Function and Sleep Variables on Survival in Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

1991 • 126 citations

Treatment of Narcolepsy with Methamphetamine

1993 • 125 citations

Clinical and physiologic heterogeneity of the central sleep apnea syndrome.

1986 • 125 citations

Changes in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Characteristics Through the Night

1994 • 124 citations

The delayed sleep phase syndrome: clinical and investigative findings in 14 subjects.

1992 • 124 citations

The sleep of patients with panic disorder: A preliminary report

1984 • 124 citations

Arterial Blood Gases and Pulmonary and Systemic Arterial Pressure During Sleep in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

1978 • 122 citations

Sleep Apnea and Nocturnal Myoclonus in a Senior Population

1981 • 121 citations

A Psychophysiological Study of Nightmares and Night Terrors

1973 • 118 citations

Prevalence and forms of neuropathic morbidity in 800 diabetics

1994 • 117 citations

The positive diagnosis of narcolepsy and narcolepsy's borderland

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Sleep-Related Violence

1995 • 113 citations

Nocturnal asthma: features of attacks, sleep and breathing patterns.

1982 • 111 citations

Effect of sleep on nocturnal bronchoconstriction and ventilatory patterns in asthmatics

1989 • 109 citations

Diagnostic value of video‐EEG polysomnography

1991 • 108 citations

CPAP Titration for Sleep Apnea Using a Split-Night Protocol

1995 • 108 citations

Sleep Violence—Forensic Science Implications: Polygraphic and Video Documentation

1990 • 108 citations

Digital Monitoring of Sleep-disordered Breathing Using Snoring Sound and Arterial Oxygen Saturation

1993 • 108 citations

Morbidity Cut-offs for Sleep Apnea and Periodic Leg Movements in Predicting Subjective Complaints In Seniors

1990 • 107 citations

Sleep after spousal bereavement: A study of recovery from stress

1993 • 106 citations

Forensic Sleep Medicine: Nocturnal Wandering and Violence

1995 • 106 citations

Comparisons of Home Sleep Recordings and Polysomnograms in Older Adults with Sleep Disorders

1981 • 106 citations

A Polysomnographically Documented Case of Adult Somnambulism With Long-Distance Automobile Driving and Frequent Nocturnal Violence: Parasomnia With Continuing Danger as a Noninsane Automatism?

1995 • 105 citations

Ventilation and Breathing Pattern during Sleep in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

1989 • 104 citations

Practice Parameters for the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: The Efficacy of Surgical Modifications of the Upper Airway

1996 • 103 citations

Daytime sleep in myotonic dystrophy is not caused by sleep apnoea.

1994 • 102 citations

Differences in the symptoms of men and women with obstructive sleep apnoea

1991 • 102 citations

Excessive Daytime Sleepiness Associated with Insufficient Sleep

1983 • 100 citations

Validation of British Thoracic Society guidelines for the diagnosis of the sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome: can polysomnography be avoided?

1995 • 99 citations

Posttraumatic Narcolepsy in Mild to Moderate Closed Head Injury

1994 • 97 citations

Nightcap: Laboratory and home‐based evaluation of a portable sleep monitor

1995 • 97 citations

Sleep in Postpolio Syndrome

1990 • 94 citations

The role of polysomnography in the differential diagnosis of chronic insomnia

1988 • 94 citations

Risk Factors for Sleep Disordered Breathing in Heterogeneous Geriatric Populations

1987 • 93 citations

Sleep apnea and sleep disruption in obese patients

1994 • 91 citations

Effects on Sleep: A Double-Blind Study Comparing Trimipramine to Imipramine in Depressed Insomniac Patients

1989 • 86 citations

Verification of Sleep Apnea Using a Portable Sleep Apnea Screening Device

1990 • 85 citations

Sleep Apnea and Sleep-related Periodic Leg Movements in Community Resident Seniors

1988 • 85 citations

Consistency of Respiratory Measurements from Night to Night during the Sleep of Elderly Men

1989 • 83 citations

Biopsychobehavioral correlates of insomnia, part 1: Role of sleep apnea and nocturnal myoclonus

1982 • 82 citations

Dominantly inherited restless legs with myoclonus and periodic movements of sleep: a syndrome related to the endogenous opiates?

1986 • 82 citations

Sleep studies and supportive ventilatory treatment in patients with congenital muscle disorders.

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Factors Related to Sleep Apnea Syndrome in Sleep Clinic Patients

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Polysomnographic Assessment of DIMS: Empirical Evaluation of Its Diagnostic Value

1989 • 78 citations

Characterizing sleep disorders in chronic hemodialysis patients.

1991 • 78 citations

The effect of sleep deprivation on the EEG in epilepsy

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Sleep EEG features of adolescents with major depression

1994 • 75 citations

Nocturnal Myoclonus and the Restless Legs Syndrome

1987 • 75 citations

Intensive monitoring in refractory epilepsy

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Are Microarousals Preceded by Electroencephalographic Slow Wave Synchronization Precursors of Confusional Awakenings?

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Single Night Studies in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

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Evaluation and diagnosis of persistent insomnia

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Nocturnal Oximetry: Is It a Screening Tool for Sleep Disorders?

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Diagnosis of Sleep-Disordered Breathing by Half-Night Polysomnography

1991 • 71 citations

Injurious sleep behavior disorders (parasomnias) affecting patients on intensive care units

1991 • 70 citations

The prevalence of obstructive sleep apnoea in an obese female population.

1994 • 69 citations

Regularly Occurring Periods of Eye Motility, and Concomitant Phenomena, During Sleep

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Clinical Presentation and Neuropharmacology of Restless Legs Syndrome

1987 • 65 citations

Sleep-wake complaints in patients with sleep-related respiratory disturbances.

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Model for investigating snorers with suspected sleep apnoea.

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Validation of a Portable Sleep Apnea Monitoring Device

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Natural evolution of sleep apnoea syndrome: a five year longitudinal study

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Preliminary Report: Validity of Symptom Analysis and Daytime Polysomnography in Diagnosis of Sleep Apnea

1992 • 62 citations

Sleep, Arousals, and Oxygen Desaturation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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Restless legs syndrome and nocturnal myoclonus.

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Sleepiness in Shiftwork. A Review with Emphasis on Continuous Monitoring of Eeg and Eog

1987 • 61 citations

REM Sleep Behavioral Disorders

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Narcolepsy and Disturbed Nocturnal Sleep

1983 • 59 citations

Sleepwalking, night terrors, and consciousness.

1990 • 58 citations

Sleep Variability Across Consecutive Nights of Home Monitoring in Older Mixed DIMS Patients

1991 • 58 citations

The neurobiology of narcolepsy-cataplexy

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Video EEG diagnosis of repetitive behavior in early childhood and its relationship to seizures

1988 • 56 citations

Actigraphy and Insomnia: A Closer Look Part 1

1994 • 56 citations

Myoclonus in Familial Restless Legs Syndrome

1976 • 56 citations

Sensory and motor components of the restless legs syndrome

1992 • 55 citations

Relationship of Nocturnal Bronchoconstriction to Sleep Stages

1989 • 54 citations

Episodic Nocturnal Wanderings in Non-Epileptic Young Patients

1988 • 53 citations

Night Terrors in an Adult Precipitated by Sleep Apnea

1995 • 53 citations

Folate Deficiency and Restless-Legs Syndrome in Pregnancy

1977 • 51 citations

Diagnosis of Narcolepsy Using the Multiple Sleep Latency Test: Analysis of Current Laboratory Criteria

1985 • 51 citations

Effects of uvulopalatopharyngoplasty on the daytime sleepiness associated with sleep apnea syndrome.

1983 • 51 citations

Screening for Subclinical Sleep-Disordered Breathing

1990 • 50 citations

Sleep patterns in borderline personality disorder

1990 • 49 citations

Diagnostic and therapeutic reevaluation of patients with intractable epilepsy

1977 • 49 citations

Practice Parameters for the Use of Portable Recording in the Assessment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

1994 • 48 citations

Pavor nocturnus of non-epileptic nature in epileptic children

1972 • 48 citations

Sleepiness and Hypertension in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

1992 • 47 citations

Sleep Epilepsy: Its Pattern and Prognosis

1974 • 47 citations

Sleep-induced apnea syndrome. Prevalence of cardiac arrhythmias and their reversal after tracheostomy

1977 • 46 citations

Ventilation and gas exchange during sleep in patients with interstitial lung disease.

1986 • 46 citations

Restless Legs Syndrome, with Particular Reference to its Occurrence After Gastric Surgery

1970 • 46 citations

Night terrors in adults: phenomenology and relationship to psychopathology.

1992 • 46 citations

Panic disorder and major depression: A comparative electroencephalographic sleep study

1992 • 45 citations

Polysomnographic characteristics of healthy elderly subjects with somnambulism-like behaviors

1991 • 44 citations

Periodic leg movements during sleep in the elderly

1985 • 44 citations

Patterns of Sleepiness in Various Disorders of Excessive Daytime Somnolence

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A Laboratory Validation Study of a Portable System for Remote Recording of Sleeprelated Respiratory Disorders

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Review and videotape recognition of idiopathic restless legs syndrome

1991 • 43 citations

Patterns of sleep-wakefulness before and after transmeridian flight in commercial airline pilots.

1986 • 40 citations

REM Sleep Episodes During the Maintenance of Wakefulness Test in Patients with Sleep Apnea Syndrome and Patients with Narcolepsy

1983 • 40 citations

RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME AFTER PARTIAL GASTRECTOMY

1966 • 39 citations

Sleep-Related Violence: A Medical and Forensic Challenge

1995 • 39 citations

Restless legs syndrome associated with diminished cardiopulmonary compliance and lumbar spinal stenosis--a motor concomitant of "Vesper's curse".

1990 • 38 citations

Somatosensory and Brainstem Auditory Evoked Responses in Sleep-Related Periodic Leg Movements

1986 • 38 citations

Sleep-Disordered Breathing and its Concomitants in a Subclinical Population

1986 • 37 citations

Prevalence of Sleep Apnea among Japanese Industrial Workers Determined by a Portable Sleep Monitoring System

1993 • 36 citations

Computerized detection of respiratory events during sleep from rapid increases in oxyhemoglobin saturation

1991 • 35 citations

Subjective and polysomnographic characteristics of patients diagnosed with narcolepsy

1990 • 34 citations

Validity of Diurnal Sleep Recording in the Diagnosis of Sleep Apnea Syndrome

1991 • 33 citations

Acute Effect of Nasal CPAP on Periodic Limb Movements Associated with Breathing Disorders During Sleep

1994 • 32 citations

Periodic Limb Movement Variability in Older DIMS Patients Across Consecutive Nights of Home Monitoring

1992 • 31 citations

Quantification of sleep disordered breathing by computerized analysis of oximetry, heart rate and snoring

1991 • 31 citations

Self-Reported Excessive Daytime Somnolence and Impaired Respiration in Sleep

1986 • 30 citations

Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure for Nonapneic Snoring?

1995 • 30 citations

Routine EEG vs. intensive monitoring in the evaluation of intractable epilepsy.

1983 • 25 citations

Electroencephalography during sleep of patients with panic disorder

1989 • 25 citations

Cure of Sleep Apnea Syndrome after Long-Term Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy and Weight Loss

1989 • 25 citations

Evaluation of an ambulatory device, CID 102, in the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome

1995 • 23 citations

Sleep is undisturbed in elderly, depressed individuals who have not sought health care

1990 • 22 citations

Clinical benefits of scalp EEG studies in intractable seizure disorders

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Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT) and Sleep Apnea in Aged Women

1993 • 20 citations

Paroxysmal Psychological Events and Certain Phases of Sleep

1963 • 20 citations

Differential effects of extended sleep in narcoleptic patients

1994 • 18 citations

The prevalence of periodic limb movements during sleep in men with erectile dysfunction

1989 • 18 citations

A Clinical and Polysomnographic Comparison of Neuroleptic-Induced Akathisia and the Idiopathic Restless Legs Syndrome

1991 • 16 citations

Disorder of excessive daytime somnolence: a case series of 1,000 patients.

1990 • 13 citations

The use of sound recording and oxygen saturation in screening snorers for obstructive sleep apnoea

1994 • 12 citations

The value of one hour daytime sleep recording in the diagnosis of the sleep apnoea syndrome

1993 • 11 citations

ALVEOLAR GAS TENSIONS, PULMONARY VENTILATION AND BLOOD pH DURING PHYSIOLOGIC SLEEP IN NORMAL SUBJECTS

1959 • 9 citations

Guideline One: Minimum Technical Requirements for Performing Clinical Electroencephalography

1986 • 8 citations

Action of bromazepam on sleep of children with night terrors. I. Sleep organization and heart rate.

1982 • 7 citations

The competition between SWS and REM sleep as index of maladaptation to shift work.

1991 • 7 citations

Sleepiness and sleep onset REM periods in the absence of clinical symptomatology

1994 • 6 citations

Parasomnias (non-epileptic nocturnal episodic manifestations) in patients with magnesium deficiency.

1990 • 6 citations

The Validity of Polysomnographic Data Obtained During 24-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring

1995 • 4 citations

[Circadian rhythm disturbance after radiotherapy for brain tumor in infantile period--clinical effect of L-thyroxine and vitamin B12].

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