A novel therapy for REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD)

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 639-644

  Howell, Michael J ^a   Arneson, Patricia A ^b   Schenck, Carlos H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed alarm; Clonazepam; Melatonin; Minnesota parasomnia injury scale; Parkinson disease; REM sleep behavior disorder

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; MELATONIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BED ALARM THERAPY; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; PARASOMNIA; PARKINSON DISEASE; REM SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP RELATED INJURY; SLEEP THERAPY; SLEEP WALKING; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ALARMS; CLONAZEPAM; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; REM SLEEP BEHAVIOR DISORDER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAPE RECORDING; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855643179     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.1470     Document Type: Article

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