Are confusional arousals pathological?
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- Received May 25, 2012
- Accepted in final form May 22, 2014
- First Published August 25, 2014.
Author Disclosures
- Maurice M. Ohayon, MD, DSc, PhD,
- Mark W. Mahowald, MD, PhD and
- Damien Leger, MD, PhD
- Maurice M. Ohayon, MD, DSc, PhD,
Jazz Pharmaceuticals
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(1) Sleep, editorial advisory board, 1998-2013; (2) Sleep, associate editor, 2013-present; (3) Sleep Medicine, editorial advisory board, 2000-present; (4) Journal of Psychiatry Research, Assistant Editor, 2006-present
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Society for Women�s Health Research (SWHR), panelist, Sleep Round Table, October 2013.
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1) Research gift from Jazz Pharmaceuticals
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- Mark W. Mahowald, MD, PhD and
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- Damien Leger, MD, PhD
(1) Sanofi-Aventis, (2) Lundbeck, (3) Actelion, (4) GSK, (5) Lilly, (6) Pfizer, (7) Merck, (8) Philips Respironics, (9) Vanda, (10) Bioprojets, (11) APL, (12) Zyken, (13) Air Liquide international
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(1) Journal of Sleep Research, (2) Medecine du Sommeil (3) Sleep Medecine Review
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(1) Sanofi-Aventis, (2) Lundbeck, (3) Actelion, (4) GSK, (5) Lilly, (6) Pfizer, (7) Merck, (8) Philips Respironics, (9) Vanda, (10) Bioprojets, (11) APL, (12) Zyken, (13) Air Liquide International
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(1) Sanofi-Aventis, (2) Lundbeck, (3) Actelion, (4) GSK, (5) Lilly, (6) Pfizer, (7) Merck, (8) Philips Respironics, (9) Vanda, (10) Bioprojets, (11) APL, (12) Zyken, (13) Air Liquide International
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- From the Division of Public Mental Health and Population Sciences, Stanford Sleep Epidemiology Research Center (M.M.O.), School of Medicine, Stanford University, CA; Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center (M.W.M.), Department of Neurology, Hennepin County Medical Center, The University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis; Université Paris Descartes (D.L.), APHP, Hôtel-Dieu de Paris, Centre du Sommeil et de la Vigilance, France.
- Correspondence to Dr. Ohayon: mohayon{at}stanford.edu
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