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Letter: The spectre of clinical nightmares

Published 29 June 2016

From John Bradshaw

Bryn Glover describes his recurrent nightmare featuring an undescribable taste or smell (Letters, 21 May). This is a clear and classic example of a minor temporal lobe seizure. And that raises the interesting question: are some or all recurrent nightmares clinical phenomena? Even normal dreams may perhaps share aspects.

Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Issue no. 3080 published 2 July 2016

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