Sleep Medicine
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 101-108 , 1 April 2000

Narcolepsy and the ability to resist sleep

  • Dalia Shechter-Amir

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Disorders Clinic, University of Toronto Centre for Sleep and Chronobiology, Western Division of the Toronto Hospital, 399 Bathurst St, Toronto, ON M5T 2S8, Canada
    • ,
  • Judy A Wade

      Affiliations

    • Regional Histocompatability Laboratory of the Toronto Hospital, 399 Bathurst St, Toronto, ON M5T 2S8, Canada
    • ,
  • Harvey Moldofsky

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Disorders Clinic, University of Toronto Centre for Sleep and Chronobiology, Western Division of the Toronto Hospital, 399 Bathurst St, Toronto, ON M5T 2S8, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-416-603-5109; fax:+1-416-603-2388

Received 25 August 1999 ,Revised 26 September 1999 ,Accepted 2 December 1999.

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Sleep Medicine
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 101-108 , 1 April 2000

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