Sleep Medicine Reviews
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 27-45 , February 2012

Cyclic alternating pattern (CAP): The marker of sleep instability

  • Liborio Parrino

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Neurosciences, University of Parma, Italy
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  • Raffaele Ferri

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Research Center, Department of Neurology I.C., Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging (IRCCS), Troina, Italy
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  • Oliviero Bruni

      Affiliations

    • Department of Developmental Neurology and Psychiatry, Center for Pediatric Sleep Disorders, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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  • Mario G. Terzano

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Neurosciences, University of Parma, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Centro di Medicina del Sonno, Sezione di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Via Gramsci 14, 43100 Parma, Italy. Tel.: +39 521 704107; fax: +39 521 702693.

Received 8 December 2010 ,Revised 21 February 2011 ,Accepted 21 February 2011.

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doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2011.02.003

Sleep Medicine Reviews
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 27-45 , February 2012

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