Periodic limb movements of sleep in combat veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 129-136

  Brown, Terry M ^a   Boudewyns, Patrick A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

apnea; periodic limb movements; PTSD; sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SLEEP;

ADULT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PERIODICITY; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; WAR;

EID: 0030050884     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02116838     Document Type: Article

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