Beta-blockers as a cause of violent rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder: A poorly recognized but common cause of violent parasomnias

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Morrison, Ian ^a   Frangulyan, Ruzanna ^b   Riha, Renata L ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; FLUOXETINE; GABAPENTIN; IBUPROFEN; LISINOPRIL; PROPRANOLOL;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; BATTERING; BODY MASS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSOMNIA; LETTER; LIFE STRESS; PARASOMNIA; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP TIME; SNORING; STEREOTYPY; TONSIL; VIDEORECORDING; VIOLENCE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; PROPRANOLOL; REM SLEEP BEHAVIOR DISORDER;

EID: 78650716309     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2010.04.023     Document Type: Letter

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