Hypoxia not AHI in adults with sleep apnea midlife markedly increases risk of late-onset epilepsy-Carosella CM et al Sleep apnea, hypoxia, and late-onset epilepsy: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study SLEEP-2023-0175.R1.

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1. Refuting a Temporal Correlation: Interictal Epileptic Discharges Do Not Preferentially Occur During Respiratory Events in Patients With Sleep-Related Breathing Disorder and Epilepsy.Journal of sleep research · 2025
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2. Respiratory Arousal Threshold in Patients with Epilepsy and Obstructive Sleep Apnea.Nature and science of sleep · 2025
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3. Intermittent hypoxia: linkage between OSAS and epilepsy.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2023
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