Prevalence and pathologic associations of sleep paralysis in the general population

Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1194-1200

  Ohayon, Maurice M ^c   Zulley, Jürgen ^a   Guilleminault, Christian ^d   Smirne, Salvatore ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATISM; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; LEG CRAMP; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MENTAL DISEASE; PARALYSIS; PARASOMNIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDER;

EID: 0032948212     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.52.6.1194     Document Type: Article

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