Sleep-related violence: Does the polysomnogram help establish the diagnosis?

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 331-335

  Cartwright, Rosalind ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Complex motor behavior; Delta arousals; Psychopathology; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004400311     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-9457(00)00050-2     Document Type: Note

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