Sleep related scratching: A distinct parasomnia?

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 139-142

  Nigam, Gaurav ^a   Riaz, Muhammad ^a   Hershner, Shelley D ^a   Goldstein, Cathy A ^a   Chervin, Ronald D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Excoriations; Fibromyalgia; Itch; Obstructive sleep apnea; Parasomnia; Scratching; Sleep related scratching

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CITALOPRAM; CLONAZEPAM; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; GABAPENTIN; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; SERTRALINE; TRAZODONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; AROUSAL; BACKACHE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PAIN; CLAUSTROPHOBIA; CPAP DEVICE; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DEPRESSION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; OSTEOPENIA; PANIC; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRURITUS; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SCRATCHING; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN SCAR; SLEEP DISORDER ASSESSMENT; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP RELATED SCRATCHING; SNORING; SUPRATHRESHOLD RAPID EYE MOVEMENT ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC ACTIVITY METRIC; COMPLICATION; PARASOMNIA;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC PAIN; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARASOMNIAS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRURITUS;

EID: 84956693035     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.5416     Document Type: Review

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