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Sleep Disorders

References

American Insomnia Association. Available at: http://www.americaninsomniaassociation.org/medications.htm Accessed March 2006.

Jackson CS and Curtis JL. Sleep Disorders. In: Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach 6th Edition. McGraw-Hill:New York 2005. pg 1321-1332.

Meadows M. How Well Are You Sleeping? U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Available at: http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2002/602_sleep.html Accessed March 2006.

National Institutes of Health National Center on Sleep Disorders Research website. Available at: http://rover2.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/ncsdr/ Accessed March 2006.

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SleepNet's Guide to Sleep Disorders. SleepNet. Available at: http://www.sleepnet.com/disorder.htm Accessed March 2006 NIH State-of-the-Science Conference Statement on Manifestations and Management of Chronic Insomnia in Adults. National Institutes of Health Consensus Statement. Available at: http://consensus.nih.gov/2005/2005InsomniaSOS026html.htm Accessed March 2006

Fu & Ptaeek Laboratories, The University of California, San Francisco Department of Neurology Copyright ? 2004-2006 The Regents of the University of California. http://ucsf.edu/humgene/dsps.htm

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