Sleep Medicine Reviews
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 101-123 , February 2000

Origin and Significance of the Cyclic Alternating Pattern (CAP) REVIEW ARTICLE

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doi: 10.1053/smrv.1999.0083

Sleep Medicine Reviews
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