Nightmares and disorders of dreaming

American Family Physician

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2037-2042

  Pagel, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; FLUOXETINE; FLUTAMIDE; KETAMINE; LEVODOPA; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; PROCARBAZINE; RAUWOLFIA ALKALOID; SELEGILINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGE; AROUSAL; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DREAMING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NIGHTMARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DREAMS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NIGHT TERRORS; PATIENT EDUCATION; SLEEP DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 0034175545     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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