Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 464-470 , April 2009

Pacifier use does not alter the frequency or duration of spontaneous arousals in sleeping infants

  • Marie Hanzer

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 30, 8036 Graz, Styria, Austria
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  • Heinz Zotter

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 30, 8036 Graz, Styria, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +43 316 385 80531; fax: +43 316 385 3300.
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  • Werner Sauseng

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 30, 8036 Graz, Austria
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  • Klaus Pfurtscheller

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 30, 8036 Graz, Styria, Austria
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  • Wilhelm Müller

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 30, 8036 Graz, Styria, Austria
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  • Reinhold Kerbl

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Hospital of Leoben, Vordernberger Straße 42, 8700 Leoben, Austria

Received 12 November 2007 ,Revised 11 March 2008 ,Accepted 15 March 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2008.03.014

Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 464-470 , April 2009

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