Idiopathic rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder: Diagnosis, management, and the need for neuroprotective interventions

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 405-419

  Iranzo, Alex ^a   Santamaria, Joan ^a   Tolosa, Eduardo ^a  

^a INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTERVENTION STUDY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; NIGHTMARE; PARASOMNIA; PERIODIC LIMB MOVEMENT DISORDER; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP WALKING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNUCLEINOPATHY; UNPLEASANT DREAM; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PRODROMAL SYMPTOM; REM SLEEP BEHAVIOR DISORDER;

HUMANS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PRODROMAL SYMPTOMS; REM SLEEP BEHAVIOR DISORDER;

EID: 84960486366     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: 14744465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(16)00057-0     Document Type: Review

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