REM sleep behaviour disorder: A marker of synucleinopathy

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 417-419

  Mahowald, Mark W ^a,b   Schenck, Carlos H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; CLONAZEPAM; MELATONIN;

DISEASE MARKER; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; LETTER; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PARASOMNIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNUCLEINOPATHY;

BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEWY BODY DISEASE; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRODROMAL SYMPTOMS; REM SLEEP BEHAVIOR DISORDER;

EID: 84876492627     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: 14744465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(13)70078-4     Document Type: Letter

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