Sleep paralysis in adolescents: The 'a dead body climbed on top of me' phenomenon in Mexico: Regular article

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 546-549

  Jiménez Genchi, Alejandro ^a   Ávila Rodríguez, Víctor M ^a   Sánchez Rojas, Frida ^a   Vargas Terrez, Blanca E ^a   Nenclares Portocarrero, Alejandro ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Sleep paralysis; Sleepiness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; ONSET AGE; PARASOMNIA; PREVALENCE; SOMNOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE OF ONSET; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLKLORE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP PARALYSIS;

EID: 68149087388     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2009.01984.x     Document Type: Article

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