Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy
Volume 17, Issue 7 , Pages 588-594 , October 2008

Influence of sleep disturbance on quality of life of patients with epilepsy

  • Charitomeni Piperidou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Democritus University of Thrace, University - General Hospital, Alexandroupolis, Greece
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  • Anna Karlovasitou

      Affiliations

    • 1st Department of Neurology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA Hospital, Greece
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  • Nikolaos Triantafyllou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Athens National University, Aeginition Hospital, Greece
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  • Aikaterini Terzoudi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Democritus University of Thrace, University - General Hospital, Alexandroupolis, Greece
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  • Theodoros Constantinidis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
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  • Konstantinos Vadikolias

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Democritus University of Thrace, University - General Hospital, Alexandroupolis, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +30 2551030491.
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  • Ioannis Heliopoulos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Democritus University of Thrace, University - General Hospital, Alexandroupolis, Greece
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  • Dimitrios Vassilopoulos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Athens National University, Aeginition Hospital, Greece
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  • Stavros Balogiannis

      Affiliations

    • 1st Department of Neurology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA Hospital, Greece

Received 14 September 2007 ,Revised 17 January 2008 ,Accepted 29 February 2008.

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PII: S1059-1311(08)00057-5

doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2008.02.005

Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy
Volume 17, Issue 7 , Pages 588-594 , October 2008

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