Impact of obstructive sleep apnea on cognitive performance

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) on cognition. METHOD: We compared the performance of 17 patients with polysomnographic diagnosis of OSA in brief cognitive tests to that of 20 healthy controls, matched for age and education. The testing battery included the Mini-Men...

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Main Authors: Felipe Cunha Bawden, Cristiane Assis Oliveira, Paulo Caramelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2011-08-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2011000500003&lng=en&tlng=en
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