A polysomnographic comparison of veterans with combat-related PTSD, depressed men, and non-ill controls

Sleep

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 46-51

  Mellman, Thomas A ^a,b   Nolan, Bruce ^a   Hebding, Joanne ^a   Kulick Bell, Renee ^a   Dominguez, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; PTSD; REM; Sleep Polysomnography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SOLDIER;

EID: 0030975565     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/20.1.46     Document Type: Article

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