Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 9 , Pages 1000-1004 , October 2009

Reaction time performance in upper airway resistance syndrome versus obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

  • Riccardo A. Stoohs

      Affiliations

    • Stanford Sleep Disorders Clinic and Research Center, Stanford, CA 94403, USA
    • Somnolab – Sleep Disorders Center at the Alfried Krupp Hospital, Wittekindstr. 62, 45131 Essen-Rüttenscheid, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Somnolab Essen am Alfried Krupp Krankenhaus, Wittekindstr. 62, 45131 Essen-Rüttenscheid, Germany. Tel.: +49 231 94113040; fax: +49 231 94113030.
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  • Pierre Philip

      Affiliations

    • Clinique du sommeil, CHU Pellegrin, Place Amélie Raba Léon, 33076 Bordeaux Cedex, France
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  • Daniela Andries

      Affiliations

    • Somnolab – Sleep Disorders Center at the Alfried Krupp Hospital, Wittekindstr. 62, 45131 Essen-Rüttenscheid, Germany
    • ,
  • Emily V.A. Finlayson

      Affiliations

    • University of Michigan, Department of General Surgery, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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  • Christian Guilleminault

      Affiliations

    • Stanford Sleep Disorders Clinic and Research Center, Stanford, CA 94403, USA

Received 20 April 2008 ,Revised 12 October 2008 ,Accepted 1 November 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2008.11.005

Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 9 , Pages 1000-1004 , October 2009

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