Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder: A sleep disturbance affecting mainly older men

Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 28-35

  Oksenberg, Arie ^a   Radwan, Henryk ^a   Arons, Elena ^a   Hoffenbach, Dalia ^a   Behroozi, Bezalel ^a  

^a LOEWENSTEIN REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REM SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP DISORDERS; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 0036366902     PISSN: 03337308     EISSN: 26172402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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