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Comment
. 2015 May;138(Pt 5):1131-3.
doi: 10.1093/brain/awv058. Epub 2015 Mar 19.

REM sleep behaviour disorder: a window on the sleeping brain

Mark W Mahowald  1 , Carlos H Schenck  2
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Comment

REM sleep behaviour disorder: a window on the sleeping brain

Mark W Mahowald et al. Brain. 2015 May.

Abstract

This scientific commentary refers to ‘Ictal SPECT in patients with rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder’, by Mayer et al. (doi:10.1093/brain/awv042).

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