Sleep Medicine
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 131-133 , 1 April 2000

Presumed REM sleep behavior disorder arising from cataplexy and wakeful dreaming

  • H.P Attarian

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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  • C.H Schenck

      Affiliations

    • Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorder Center; Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Hennepin County Medical Center; and University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
    • ,
  • M.W Mahowald

      Affiliations

    • Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorder Center; Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Hennepin County Medical Center; and University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Director, Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorder Center at Hennepin County Medical Center, 701 Park Avenue, Minneapolis MN 55415, USA. Tel.: +1-612-347-6288

Received 15 October 1999 ,Revised 2 December 1999 ,Accepted 2 December 1999.

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Sleep Medicine
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 131-133 , 1 April 2000

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