Sleep-wakefulness-state and autonomic regulations in congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS)
✍ Scribed by C. Schäfer; T. Schäfer; M.E. Schläfke
- Book ID
- 117095890
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 135 KB
- Volume
- 102
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0013-4694
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