Frequency of Orthostatic Hypotension in Isolated REM Sleep Behavior Disorder

Jonathan E Elliott1, Mohini D Bryant-Ekstrand1, Allison T Keil1

  • 1Department of Neurology (J.E.E., M.M.L.), Oregon Health & Science University; Research Service (J.E.E., M.D.B.-E., A.T.K., B.R.L.), Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center (M.M.L.), Department of Neurology (M.M.L.), and National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research (M.M.L.), VA Portland Health Care System; Department of Behavioral Neuroscience (M.M.L.), Oregon Health & Science University; Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences (M.M.L.), Oregon Health & Science University, Portland; Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (J.Z.), Israel; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (E.H.D., M.G.M.), Stanford University Medical Center, Redwood City; Department of Neurology & Neurological Sciences (E.H.D., M.G.M.), Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA; Department of Psychology (J.-F.G., R.P.), Université du Québec à Montréal; Center for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine (J.-F.G.), Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Quebec, Canada; Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (E.K.S.L., J.A.F., B.F.B.), Rochester, MN; Department of Neurology (D.E.H., D.L.B.), Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Sleep Medicine Program (A.Y.A.), Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles; Department of Psychiatry (C.H.S.), University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis; Department of Neurology (J.M., S.R.C., A.A.D., Y.-E.S.J.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; Movement Disorders Unit (A.V.), Division of Sleep Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital; Neurological Clinical Research Institute (A.V.), Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Department of Neurology (J.K.L.-I.), Banner University Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ; Banner Sun Health Research Institute (J.K.L.-I.), Sun City, AZ; and Montréal Neurologique Institute (R.P.), McGill Université, Québec, Canada.

Neurology
|October 19, 2023
PubMed
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