Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 10 , Pages 1151-1154 , December 2009

The REM sleep behavior disorder screening questionnaire: Validation study of a Japanese version

  • Tomoyuki Miyamoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Center of Sleep Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan
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  • Masayuki Miyamoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Center of Sleep Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Neurology, Center of Sleep Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, 880-Kitakobayashi, Mibu, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.
    • ,
  • Masaoki Iwanami

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Center of Sleep Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan
    • ,
  • Mina Kobayashi

      Affiliations

    • Japan Somnology Center, Neuropsychiatry Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Masaki Nakamura

      Affiliations

    • Japan Somnology Center, Neuropsychiatry Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Yuichi Inoue

      Affiliations

    • Japan Somnology Center, Neuropsychiatry Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Chiharu Ando

      Affiliations

    • International Research and Education Center, English, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan
    • ,
  • Koichi Hirata

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Center of Sleep Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan

Received 5 March 2009

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PII: S1389-9457(09)00231-7

doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2009.05.007

Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 10 , Pages 1151-1154 , December 2009

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