Long-term, nightly benzodiazepine treatment of injurious parasomnias and other disorders of disrupted nocturnal sleep in 170 adults

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 333-337

  Schenck, Carlos H ^a,b   Mahowald, Mark W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CLONAZEPAM;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LIMB MOVEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NIGHT SLEEP; NIGHTMARE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WALKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0029923573     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(97)89493-4     Document Type: Article

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