Parasomnia overlap disorder: A distinct pathophysiologic entity or a variant of rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder? A case series

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1217-1220

  Dumitrascu, Oana ^a   Schenck, Carlos H ^b   Applebee, Garrick ^c   Attarian, Hrayr ^d  

^a WEISS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disorder of arousal; Neurodegeneration; Parasomnia overlap disorder; REM sleep behavior disorder; Sexsomnia; Sleep related dissociative disorder; Status dissociatus

Indexed keywords

CLOMIPRAMINE; CLONAZEPAM; LISINOPRIL; MELATONIN; RAMELTEON; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPNOSIS; ICSD-2; MALE; NIGHTMARE; ONSET AGE; PARASOMNIA; PARASOMNIA OVERLAP DISORDER; PARKINSONISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; REM SLEEP; SLEEP AROUSAL DISORDER; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP WALKING; THERMISTOR;

DISORDER OF AROUSAL; NEURODEGENERATION; PARASOMNIA OVERLAP DISORDER; REM SLEEP BEHAVIOR DISORDER; SEXSOMNIA; SLEEP-RELATED DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; STATUS DISSOCIATUS;

ADULT; AGED; DREAMS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; PARASOMNIAS; REM SLEEP BEHAVIOR DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886770667     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2013.06.012     Document Type: Article

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