Sleep and sleep disorders in patients with Laron syndrome

Laron Syndrome - From Man to Mouse: Lessons from Clinical and Experimental Experience

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 317-320

  Laron, Zvi ^a   Kauli, Rivka ^a   Rosenzweig, Eyal ^b  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

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EID: 84895394407     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-11183-9_35     Document Type: Chapter

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