title: Pineal gland calcification is not associated with sleep-related symptoms. A population-based study in community-dwelling elders living in Atahualpa (rural coastal Ecuador).
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Universidad Espíritu Santo - Ecuador, Guayaquil, Ecuador; Department of Neurology, Hospital-Clínica Kennedy, Guayaquil, Ecuador. Electronic address: oscardelbrutto@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Oscar H
authors.initials: OH
authors.lastname: Del Brutto
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterology Department, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
authors.forename: Robertino M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Mera
authors.affiliation: Department of Imaging, Hospital-Clínica Kennedy, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
authors.forename: Julio
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lama
authors.affiliation: Community Center, The Atahualpa Project, Atahualpa, Ecuador.
authors.forename: Mauricio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zambrano
authors.affiliation: Sleep Disorders Center, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Pablo R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Castillo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004484:Ecuador / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010870:Pineal Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed