Lifetime prevalence rates of sleep paralysis: A systematic review

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 311-315

  Sharpless, Brian A ^a   Barber, Jacques P ^b,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Fear; Isolated sleep paralysis; Parasomnia; Prevalence; Sleep paralysis

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DATA EXTRACTION; DATA SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MEDLINE; MENTAL PATIENT; MINORITY GROUP; PANIC; PARASOMNIA; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SAMPLE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP PARALYSIS;

EID: 80051594742     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: 15322955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2011.01.007     Document Type: Review

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