Breath holding - A rapid eye movement (REM) sleep parasomnia (catathrenia or expiratory groaning)

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 455-456

  Steinig, Jana ^a,b   Lanz, Michael ^a   Krügel, Rainer ^a   Happe, Svenja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breath holding; Parasomnia; REM; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREATH HOLDING; CASE REPORT; CONSULTATION; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONREM SLEEP; OXYGEN SATURATION; PARASOMNIA; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SCORING SYSTEM; VOCALIZATION;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXHALATION; HUMANS; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REM SLEEP PARASOMNIAS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 43449127781     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2007.08.008     Document Type: Article

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