Searching for marker of REM sleep behavior disorder: Submentalis muscle EMG amplitude analysis during sleep in patients with narcolepsy/cataplexy

Sleep

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-

  Maski, Kiran Prasad ^a   Kothare, Sanjeev V ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; OXYBATE SODIUM; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ALERTNESS; CATAPLEXY; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; MUSCLE; NARCOLEPSY; NIGHT SLEEP; PARASOMNIA; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

EID: 62549166215     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: 15509109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/32.2.137     Document Type: Letter

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