A 96-year-old woman with insomnia

JAMA

Volumn 277, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 990-996

  Mendelson, Wallace ^a   Hartman, Erin E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMINOPHYLLINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CAFFEINE; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; MELATONIN; NICOTINE; TRAZODONE; ZOLPIDEM TARTRATE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LIMB MOVEMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN;

EID: 0030948524     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.277.12.990     Document Type: Article

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