Sleep Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 4 , Pages 455-456 , May 2008

Breath holding – A rapid eye movement (REM) sleep parasomnia (catathrenia or expiratory groaning)

  • Jana Steinig

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Klinikum Bremen-Ost/University of Göttingen, Germany
    • Institute of Psychology and Cogniton Research, University of Bremen, Germany
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  • Michael Lanz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Klinikum Bremen-Ost/University of Göttingen, Germany
    • ,
  • Rainer Krügel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pneumology, Klinikum Bremen-Ost/University of Göttingen, Germany
    • ,
  • Svenja Happe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Klinikum Bremen-Ost/University of Göttingen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 14 March 2007 ,Revised 22 August 2007 ,Accepted 22 August 2007.

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PII: S1389-9457(07)00304-8

doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2007.08.008

Sleep Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 4 , Pages 455-456 , May 2008

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