Polysomnography: Technical and clinical aspects

Niedermeyer's Electroencephalography: Basic Principles, Clinical Applications, and Related Fields: Sixth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 817-864

  Chokroverty, Sudhansu ^a,b,c   Radtke, Rodney A ^d   Mullington, Janet M ^e  

^a SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c New Jersey Neuroscience Institute   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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