The Blind Patient

Sleep: A Comprehensive Handbook

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 823-826

  Leger, Damien ^a   Metlaine, Arnaud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Sleep disorders in children with blindness; Sleep disorders in the blind; Sleep in relation to circadian phase

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249174157     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0471751723.ch108     Document Type: Chapter

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