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Sleep/wake cycle disturbance in Alzheimer's disease: how much is due to an inherent trait?
International psychogeriatrics - 1 Mar 2002
Yesavage Jerome A, Taylor Joy L, Kraemer Helena, Noda Art, Friedman Leah, Tinklenberg Jared R
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Major advances in understanding the physiology and genetics of circadian rhythm in the past decade challenge the researcher of sleep/wake disorders in Alzheimer's disease (AD) to distinguish patient characteristics stable across the course of illness ("traits") from characteristics that vary with stage of illness ("states"). A components-of-variance approach with a repeated measures model was used to examine the...
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