Cardiac Arrhythmogenesis during Sleep: Mechanisms, Diagnosis, and Therapy

Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1171-1179

  Verrier, Richard L ^a,b   Josephson, Mark E ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 33847765952     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B0-72-160797-7/50105-1     Document Type: Chapter

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