Idiopathic Nightmares and Dream Disturbances Associated with Sleep-Wake Transitions

Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine: Fifth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1106-1115

  Nielsen, Tore ^a,b   Zadra, Antonio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4160-6645-3.00097-9     Document Type: Chapter

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