Violent somnambulism: A parasomnia of young men with stereotyped dream-like experiences

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 47-52

  Szucs, Anna ^a   Kamondi, Anita ^a   Zoller, Rezso ^b   Barcs, Gábor ^a   Szabó, Pál ^c   Purebl, György ^b  

^a Epilepsy Center   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELIRIUM TREMENS; DREAMING; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; PARASOMNIA; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PILOT STUDY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REM SLEEP; SLEEP WALKING; STEREOTYPY; VIOLENCE; VIOLENT SOMNAMBULISM;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SLEEP, REM; SOMNAMBULISM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84901007988     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2014.04.012     Document Type: Article

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