Sleep Medicine Reviews
Volume 14, Issue 2 , Pages 97-105 , April 2010

Sleep in disorders of consciousness

  • Victor Cologan

      Affiliations

    • Coma Science Group, Cyclotron Research Center, University of Liège, Belgium
    • Tel.: +32 4 366 23 62; fax: +32 4 366 29 46.
    • ,
  • Manvel Schabus

      Affiliations

    • Coma Science Group, Cyclotron Research Center, University of Liège, Belgium
    • Division of Physiological Psychology, University of Salzburg, Austria
    • Tel.: +43 662 8044 5143; fax: +43 662 8044 5126.
    • ,
  • Didier Ledoux

      Affiliations

    • Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Sart Tilman University Hospital, Liège, Belgium
    • Tel.: +32 4 366 74 95; fax: +32 4 366 88 98.
    • ,
  • Gustave Moonen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Sart Tilman University Hospital, Liège, Belgium
    • Tel.: +32 4 366 72 55; fax: +32 4 366 74 99.
    • ,
  • Pierre Maquet

      Affiliations

    • Coma Science Group, Cyclotron Research Center, University of Liège, Belgium
    • Department of Neurology, Sart Tilman University Hospital, Liège, Belgium
    • Tel.: +32 4 366 23 67; fax: +32 4 366 29 46.
    • ,
  • Steven Laureys

      Affiliations

    • Coma Science Group, Cyclotron Research Center, University of Liège, Belgium
    • Department of Neurology, Sart Tilman University Hospital, Liège, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Coma Science Group Cyclotron Research Center, Sart Tilman B-30, 4000 Liege, Belgium. Tel.: +32 4 366 23 04; fax: +32 4 366 29 46.

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doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2009.04.003

Sleep Medicine Reviews
Volume 14, Issue 2 , Pages 97-105 , April 2010

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