Successful treatment with Yi-Gan San for rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1749-1751

  Shinno, Hideto ^a   Kamei, Masahito ^a   Inami, Yasushi ^b   Horiguchi, Jun ^b   Nakamura, Yu ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGELICA ROOT; ATRACTYLODES EXTRACT; BROMAZEPAM; BUPLEURUM ROOT; CHINESE DRUG; CLONAZEPAM; CNIDIUM RHIZOME; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; INSULIN; NITRAZEPAM; PAROXETINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YI GAN SAN;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; CHINESE MEDICINE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EVENING DOSAGE; FEMALE; HANGOVER; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PARASOMNIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SOMNOLENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REM SLEEP BEHAVIOR DISORDER;

EID: 51349115479     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2008.06.015     Document Type: Letter

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