Sleep Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 6 , Pages 675-683 , August 2008

Hypersomnolence, insomnia and the pathophysiology of upper airway resistance syndrome

  • Avram R. Gold

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Stony Brook, DVA Medical Center, Northport, NY 11768, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 631 261 4400x7696; fax: +1 631 266 6016.
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  • Morris S. Gold

      Affiliations

    • Biostatistician, Novartis Consumer Health, Parsippany, NJ, USA
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  • Keith W. Harris

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Stony Brook, DVA Medical Center, Northport, NY 11768, USA
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  • Vidal J. Espeleta

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Stony Brook, DVA Medical Center, Northport, NY 11768, USA
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  • Mohammad M. Amin

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Stony Brook, DVA Medical Center, Northport, NY 11768, USA
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  • Joan E. Broderick

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA

Received 24 April 2007 ,Revised 24 July 2007 ,Accepted 31 August 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2007.08.013

Sleep Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 6 , Pages 675-683 , August 2008

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