Excessive fragmentary hypnic myoclonus: Clinical and neurophysiological findings

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 73-76

  Vetrugno, Roberto ^a   Plazzi, Giuseppe ^a   Provini, Federica ^a   Liguori, Rocco ^a   Lugaresi, Elio ^a   Montagna, Pasquale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hypnic; Myoclonus; Neurophysiology; Polysomnography; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXCESSIVE FRAGMENTARY HYPNIC MYOCLONUS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP STAGE;

EID: 0036183233     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-9457(01)00123-X     Document Type: Article

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