Visual hallucinations and pontine demyelination in a child: Possible REM dissociation?

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 588-590

  Vita, Maria Gabriella ^a   Batocchi, Anna Paola ^a   Dittoni, Serena ^a   Losurdo, Anna ^a   Cianfoni, Alessandro ^b   Stefanini, Maria Chiara ^a,c   Vollono, Catello ^a,c   Della Marca, Giacomo ^a,d   Mariotti, Paolo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Fondazione 'Pro Juventute' Don Carlo Gnocchi   (Italy)

^d FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Dreams; Peduncular hallucinosis; REM sleep; Visual hallucinations

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEVER; HUMAN; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDUNCULAR HALLUCINOSIS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PONS; REM SLEEP; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP; SORE THROAT; VASCULITIS; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

EID: 58149359008     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.27355     Document Type: Article

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