Rhythmic movement disorder (head banging) in an adult during rapid eye movement sleep

Movement Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 866-867

  Anderson, Kirstie N ^a   Smith, Ian E ^a   Shneerson, John M ^a  

^a PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

REM sleep; Rhythmic movement disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP;

ADULT; BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP STAGES; SLEEP, REM; STEREOTYPIC MOVEMENT DISORDER;

EID: 33745805542     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20847     Document Type: Article

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