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[Sleep disorders].

H Schrader
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There has been a great development in sleep medicine during the past 20-25 years and the International Classification of Sleep Disorders now lists about 90 relatively well-defined conditions related to sleep. Several of them are severely underdiagnosed. This review considers frequent and/or disabling sleep disorders, in particular disorders for which treatment is available.

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Disorders of Excessive SomnolenceHumansSleep Apnea SyndromesSleep Initiation and Maintenance DisordersSleep Wake DisordersEnglish AbstractJournal ArticleReview

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H Schrader. 1995-03-30. [Sleep disorders].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7725290/

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