Sexual behaviors during sleep associated with polysomnographically confirmed parasomnia overlap disorder

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 523-528

  Cicolin, Alessandro ^a   Tribolo, Antonella ^a   Giordano, Alessandra ^a   Chiarot, Elisabetta ^a   Peila, Elena ^a   Terreni, Anna ^a   Bucca, Caterina ^b   Mutani, Roberto ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Forensic sleep medicine; Non rapid eye movement sleep parasomnia; Parasomnia overlap disorder; Polysomnography; Rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder; Sexual behaviors during sleep

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CASE REPORT; COURT; DELTA RHYTHM; DREAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASTURBATION; PARASOMNIA OVERLAP DISORDER; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR DURING SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CRIME; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASTURBATION; MIDDLE AGED; PARASOMNIAS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REM SLEEP BEHAVIOR DISORDER;

EID: 79955086112     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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