Letters to the editor

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 139-143

  Pressman, Mark R ^a,b   Mahowald, Mark W ^c   Schenck, Carlos H ^c   Bornemann, Michel Cramer ^d   Montplaisir, Jacques Y ^e,f   Zadra, Antonio ^f   Pilon, Mathieu ^e,g   Grunstein, Ron ^h   Buchanan, Peter R ^h   Tachibana, Naoko ⁱ  

^a Lankenau and Paoli Hospitals   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

ⁱ KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIME; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SLEEP WALKING;

CRIME; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; INSANITY DEFENSE; SOMNAMBULISM;

EID: 67651171288     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.49.2.139     Document Type: Letter

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