A case of exploding head syndrome

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-88

  Okura, Mutsumi ^a   Taniguchi, Mitsutaka ^a   Muraki, Hisae ^a   Sugita, Hideko ^a   Ohi, Motoharu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Exploding head syndrome; Migraine; Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome; Parasomnia; Polysomnography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BODY MASS; CAR; CASE REPORT; DISEASE DURATION; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; EXPLODING HEAD SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; MIGRAINE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSATION; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; VIDEORECORDING;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES; PARASOMNIAS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SENSATION DISORDERS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 76049102592     PISSN: 18816096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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