Violent Parasomnias: Forensic Medicine Issues

Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 960-968

  Mahowald, Mark W ^a,b   Schenck, Carlos H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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