Sleep Disorders
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Factors related to fatigue in women and men with early rheumatoid arthritis: the Swedish TIRA study.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To study whether there are differences between women and men with regard to the reported level of fatigue, to explore the strength of the relations between fatigue and disease activity, pain, sleep disturbance, mental health, and activity ... Read more...

[Symptom patterns in chronic sleep disorders]

6 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Sleep disorders are classified into six main categories: insomnias, circadian rhythm disorders, sleep-related movement disorders, sleep-related breathing disorders, hypersomnias and parasomnias. The aim of this article is to shed light ... Read more...

[Sleep disorders in the elderly]

6 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Sleep disorders are common in the elderly, and may lead to substantially impaired quality of life. Many of these disorders are not diagnosed or treated. This article covers treatment options and characteristics of common sleep disorders ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Sleep Disorders'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Factors related to fatigue in women and men with early rheumatoid arthritis: the Swedish TIRA study. 30 Oct 2009
• [Symptom patterns in chronic sleep disorders] 6 Oct 2009
• [Sleep disorders in the elderly] 6 Oct 2009
• [Sleep disorders in children and adolescents] 6 Oct 2009
• The expression of vascular endothelial growth factor in skeletal muscle of patients with sleep disorders. 29 Sep 2009
• Sleep medicine. 29 Sep 2009
• Actigraphy: a valuable diagnostic tool or a luxury investigation? (Neuropsychiatric aspects). 28 Sep 2009
• [Basic sleep mechanisms] 8 Sep 2009
• [Mysteries of the sleep] 8 Sep 2009
• Sympatho-vagal responses in patients with sleep and typical vasovagal syncope. 5 Sep 2009
• [Diagnosis and therapy of depression in family practice] 4 Sep 2009
• The functional Val158Met polymorphism of COMT predicts interindividual differences in brain alpha oscillations in young men. 31 Aug 2009
• [Extraesophageal manifestations of gastroesophageal reflux disease: a critical analysis] 31 Aug 2009
• Helping families for caring children with autistic spectrum disorders. 30 Aug 2009
• [The fabric of Saint Morpheus, a partner in taking care of sleep problems] 30 Aug 2009
• Sleep disturbance and pain in an obese residential treatment-seeking population. 30 Aug 2009
• Determinants of sleep problems in patients with spondyloarthropathy. 30 Aug 2009
• Workplace bullying and sleep disturbances: findings from a large scale cross-sectional survey in the French working population. 30 Aug 2009
• Sleep duration and obesity in children: is the association dependent on age and choice of the outcome parameter? 30 Aug 2009
• Losing sleep over work? Does it matter? 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Sleep Disorders'

Definition: Conditions characterized by disturbances of usual sleep patterns or behaviors. Sleep disorders may be divided into three major categories: DYSSOMNIAS (i.e. disorders characterized by insomnia or hypersomnia), PARASOMNIAS (abnormal sleep behaviors), and sleep disorders secondary to medical or psychiatric disorders. (From Thorpy, Sleep Disorders Medicine, 1994, p187)

Descriptor UI: D012893

Alternative terms: Sleep Disorders; Subwakefullness Syndrome; Subwakefullness Syndromes; Syndrome, Subwakefullness; Syndromes, Subwakefullness; Sleep-Related Neurogenic Tachypnea; Neurogenic Tachypnea, Sleep-Related; Neurogenic Tachypneas, Sleep-Related; Sleep Related Neurogenic Tachypnea; Sleep-Related Neurogenic Tachypneas; Tachypnea, Sleep-Related Neurogenic; Tachypneas, Sleep-Related Neurogenic; Long Sleeper Syndrome; Long Sleeper Syndromes; Sleeper Syndrome, Long; Sleeper Syndromes, Long; Syndrome, Long Sleeper; Syndromes, Long Sleeper; Short Sleeper Syndrome; Short Sleeper Syndromes; Sleeper Syndrome, Short; Sleeper Syndromes, Short; Syndrome, Short Sleeper; Syndromes, Short Sleeper;

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Tree Number: C10.886; C23.888.592.796; F03.870;