Sleep Medicine
Volume 4, Issue 4 , Pages 281-284 , July 2003

Melatonin for treatment of REM sleep behavior disorder in neurologic disorders: results in 14 patients

  • Bradley F Boeve

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Disorders Center, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, USA
    • Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
    • Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Mayo Foundation, Jacksonville, FL, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-507-284-8983; fax: +1-507-266-4752
    • ,
  • Michael H Silber

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Disorders Center, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, USA
    • Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
    • ,
  • Tanis J Ferman

      Affiliations

    • Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Mayo Foundation, Jacksonville, FL, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA

Received 3 September 2002 ,Revised 12 February 2003 ,Accepted 14 February 2003.

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☆ Presented in part at the Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies in Chicago, IL in June 2001.

PII: S1389-9457(03)00072-8

doi: 10.1016/S1389-9457(03)00072-8

Sleep Medicine
Volume 4, Issue 4 , Pages 281-284 , July 2003

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