Sleep Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 6 , Pages 689-696 , August 2008

Sleep stage dynamics in fibromyalgia patients and controls

  • Joseph W. Burns

      Affiliations

    • Michigan Tech Research Institute, Michigan Technological University, 3600 Green Court, Suite 100, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 734 913 6857; fax: +1 734 913 6880.
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  • Leslie J. Crofford

      Affiliations

    • Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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  • Ronald D. Chervin

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

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doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2007.10.022

Sleep Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 6 , Pages 689-696 , August 2008

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