Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 60-65 , January 2009

Idiopathic rapid-eye-movement sleep disorder: Associations with antidepressants, psychiatric diagnoses, and other factors, in relation to age of onset

  • Paul T. Teman

      Affiliations

    • University of Utah, Sleep-Wake Center, 375 Chipeta Way, Suite A200, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, United States
    • University of Utah, Department of Psychiatry, 50 North Medical Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, United States
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  • Maja Tippmann-Peikert

      Affiliations

    • Mayo Sleep Disorders Center, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, United States
    • Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, United States
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  • Michael H. Silber

      Affiliations

    • Mayo Sleep Disorders Center, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, United States
    • Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, United States
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  • Nancy L. Slocumb

      Affiliations

    • Mayo Sleep Disorders Center, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, United States
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  • R. Robert Auger

      Affiliations

    • Mayo Sleep Disorders Center, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, United States
    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Mayo Center for Sleep Medicine, Gonda Building 17W, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, United States. Tel.: +1 507 266 7456; fax: +1 507 266 7772.

Received 5 September 2007 ,Revised 7 November 2007 ,Accepted 16 November 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2007.11.019

Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 60-65 , January 2009

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