Sleep Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 8 , Pages 803-804 , September 2010

Response to “The evidence that cyclic alternating pattern subtypes affect cognitive functioning is very weak”

Received 22 April 2010 ,Accepted 4 May 2010.

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PII: S1389-9457(10)00207-8

doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2010.05.001

Sleep Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 8 , Pages 803-804 , September 2010

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