Polysomnography: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Keywords

PSG, polysomnogram, sleep study, rapid eye movement study, REM study, sleep, wakefulness, multiple sleep latency testing, MSLT, electroencephalography, EEG, electrooculogram, EOG, electromyography, EMG, overnight polysomnography, oPSG, REM sleep, slow-wave sleep, SWS, non-REM sleep, dyssomnias, parasomnias, sleep disorders, abnormalities of sleep, obstructive sleep apnea, sleep disordered breathing, central sleep apnea, mixed sleep apnea, complex sleep apnea

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