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Internal consistency of the University of Michigan RBD Questionnaire

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Bliwise (Consultant: New England Research Institute; Ferring Pharmaceuticals; Morehouse School of Medicine, Vantia Therapeutics, Georgia Institute of Technology); Scullin (None); Factor (Consultant: Merz, Chelsea, ADAMAS, Neurocrine, Lundbeck, Ceregene; Royalties: Demos, Blackwell Futura; Grants: Ceregene, TEVA, Ipsen, Allergan, Medtronics, Auspex, Genzyme, MJ Fox Foundation).

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Bliwise (none); Scullin (none); Factor (none).

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  1. Department of Neurology, Wesley Woods Center, Emory University School of Medicine, 1841 Clifton Road, Room 509, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA

    Donald L. Bliwise, Michael K. Scullin & Stewart A. Factor

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Bliwise, D.L., Scullin, M.K. & Factor, S.A. Internal consistency of the University of Michigan RBD Questionnaire. J Neurol 261, 1439–1441 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-014-7392-x

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