Nocturnal wandering and violence: Review of a sleep clinic population

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 158-163

  Guilleminault, Christian ^a   Leger, Damien ^b   Philip, Pierre ^c   Ohayon, Maurice M ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT ANDRÉ   (France)

^d Institut Philippe Pinel de Montreal   (Canada)

Author keywords

Excessive daytime sleepiness; Forensic science; Hypnagogic hallucinations; REM behavior disorders; Sleep; Sleep deprivation; Slow wave sleep; Somnambulism; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARCOLEPSY; NIGHT SLEEP; NONREM SLEEP; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SLEEP WALKING; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031908343     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs16103j     Document Type: Article

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