Rivastigmine-induced REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) in a 88-year-old man with Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 192-195

  Yeh, Shih Bin ^a,b   Yeh, Po Yen ^b   Schenck, Carlos H ^c  

^a CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b St Martin De Porres Hospitals   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute RBD; Alzheimer's disease; Cholinergic therapy; Clonazepam; Dementia; Parasomnia; Parasomnia overlap disorder; Polysomnography; RBD; REM sleep behavior disorder; Rivastigmine; Sleep injury

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; RIVASTIGMINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEMENTIA; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; EVENING DOSAGE; FALLING; HUMAN; MALE; PARASOMNIA; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SEIZURE; SLEEP WALKING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DOSE RESPONSE; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CLONAZEPAM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; MALE; PHENYLCARBAMATES; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REM SLEEP BEHAVIOR DISORDER; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952295265     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.27771     Document Type: Article

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