Sleep Medicine Reviews
Volume 8, Issue 5 , Pages 367-377 , October 2004

GHRH and sleep

  • Ferenc Obal Jr.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, A. Szent-Györgyi Medical Center, University of Szeged, 6720, Szeged, Hungary
    • Tel.: +36-62-545-100; fax: +36-62-545-842.
    • ,
  • James M. Krueger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology, and Physiology; Washington State University; PO Box 646520, 205, Wegner Hall, Pullman, WA 99164-6520, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-509-335-2090; fax: +1-509-335-4650

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Sleep Medicine Reviews
Volume 8, Issue 5 , Pages 367-377 , October 2004

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