Sinus Arrest during Rem Sleep in Young Adults

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 311, Issue 16, 1984, Pages 1006-1010

  Guilleminault, Christian ^a,b   Pool, Peter ^a,b   Motta, Jorge ^a,b   Gillis, Anne M ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b N Co Cardiol Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; HEART; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; REM SLEEP; SINUS ARREST; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0021192865     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198410183111602     Document Type: Article

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