Violent parasomnias. forensic implications

Handbook of Clinical Neurology

Volumn 99, Issue C, 2011, Pages 1149-1159

  Mahowald, Mark W ^a,b   Schenk, Carlos H ^a,b   Cramer Bornemann, Michel A ^a,b  

^a HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BOOK; CASE REPORT; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARASOMNIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; PARASOMNIAS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 78149402666     PISSN: 00729752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52007-4.00026-6     Document Type: Book

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