Sleep and Anesthesia Interactions: A Pharmacological Appraisal

Current Anesthesiology Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-9

  Scharf, Matthew T ^a   Kelz, Max B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; NREM; REM; Sleep; Slow wave

Indexed keywords

EID: 85140969279     PISSN: 21676275     EISSN: 15233855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40140-012-0007-0     Document Type: Review

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