Sleep Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 8 , Pages 831-839 , December 2008

The APOE ε4 allele increases the risk of impaired spatial working memory in obstructive sleep apnea

  • Filomena I.I. Cosentino

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Research Centre, Department of Neurology I.C., Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging (IRCCS), Via Conte Ruggero 73, 94018 Troina, Italy
    • These authors contributed equally to this article.
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  • Paolo Bosco

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Cytogenetics, Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging (IRCCS), Troina, Italy
    • These authors contributed equally to this article.
    • ,
  • Valeria Drago

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Research Centre, Department of Neurology I.C., Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging (IRCCS), Via Conte Ruggero 73, 94018 Troina, Italy
    • Department of Neurology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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  • Giuseppina Prestianni

      Affiliations

    • Unit of Psychology, Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging (IRCCS), Troina, Italy
    • ,
  • Bartolo Lanuzza

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Research Centre, Department of Neurology I.C., Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging (IRCCS), Via Conte Ruggero 73, 94018 Troina, Italy
    • ,
  • Ivan Iero

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Research Centre, Department of Neurology I.C., Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging (IRCCS), Via Conte Ruggero 73, 94018 Troina, Italy
    • ,
  • Mariangela Tripodi

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Research Centre, Department of Neurology I.C., Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging (IRCCS), Via Conte Ruggero 73, 94018 Troina, Italy
    • ,
  • Rosario S. Spada

      Affiliations

    • Unit of Geriatrics, Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging (IRCCS), Troina, Italy
    • ,
  • Giuseppe Toscano

      Affiliations

    • Unit of Geriatrics, Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging (IRCCS), Troina, Italy
    • ,
  • Filippo Caraci

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
    • ,
  • Raffaele Ferri

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Research Centre, Department of Neurology I.C., Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging (IRCCS), Via Conte Ruggero 73, 94018 Troina, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 0935 936111; fax: +39 0935 936694.

Received 22 June 2007 ,Revised 4 October 2007 ,Accepted 31 October 2007.

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