Sleep Medicine
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 125-130 , 1 April 2000

A standardized test for cataplexy

Received 21 September 1999 ,Revised 9 December 1999 ,Accepted 16 December 1999.

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Sleep Medicine
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