Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 9 , Pages 1051-1055 , October 2009

Arousals in nocturnal groaning

Received 18 July 2008 ,Revised 3 September 2008 ,Accepted 8 September 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2008.09.019

Sleep Medicine
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