The Neuropsychological Effects of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Meta-Analysis of Norm-Referenced and Case-Controlled Data
SLEEPPublished 1 May 2003
Dean W. Beebe, Lisa M. Groesz, Carolyn T. Wells, Alisha Nichols, Kevin McGee
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Etiologic models should emphasize mechanisms known to affect vigilance, executive functioning, and motor coordination but not intelligence, verbal functioning, or visual perception, as well as clarify the effect of OSA on neuropsychological functioning.
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Etiologic models should emphasize mechanisms known to affect vigilance, executive functioning, and motor coordination but not intelligence, verbal functioning, or visual perception. Clinicians should be alert to OSA symptoms in patients with declines in vigilance, executive functioning, or coordination.
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