Sleep Medicine
Volume 6, Issue 2 , Pages 163-169 , March 2005

Sleep complaints: snoring and daytime sleepiness in pregnant and pre-eclamptic women

  • Bilgay Izci

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sleep Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
    • ,
  • Sascha E. Martin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sleep Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
    • ,
  • Kirsty C. Dundas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Reproductive and Developmental Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
    • ,
  • Wang A. Liston

      Affiliations

    • Department of Reproductive and Developmental Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
    • ,
  • Andrew A. Calder

      Affiliations

    • Department of Reproductive and Developmental Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
    • ,
  • Neil J. Douglas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sleep Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Sleep Medicine, 51 Little France Crescent, EH16 4SA Edinburgh, UK. Tel.: +44 131 242 1836; fax: +44 131 242 1776.

Received 12 August 2003 ,Revised 3 November 2004 ,Accepted 12 December 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2004.12.007

Sleep Medicine
Volume 6, Issue 2 , Pages 163-169 , March 2005

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