No scientific evidence that alcohol causes sleepwalking
Diplomat Mark R. Pressman
American Board of Sleep Medicine, Sleep Medicine Services, Lankenau Hospital and Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood, PA, USA
Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Search for more papers by this authorDiplomat Mark W. Mahowald
American Board of Sleep Medicine, Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Neurology, Hennepin Count Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Search for more papers by this authorDiplomat Carlos H. Schenck
University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Psychiatry, Hennepin Count Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA (e-mail: [email protected] )
Search for more papers by this authorDiplomat Michel Cramer Bornemann
American Board of Sleep Medicine, Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Neurology, Hennepin Count Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Search for more papers by this authorDiplomat Mark R. Pressman
American Board of Sleep Medicine, Sleep Medicine Services, Lankenau Hospital and Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood, PA, USA
Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Search for more papers by this authorDiplomat Mark W. Mahowald
American Board of Sleep Medicine, Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Neurology, Hennepin Count Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Search for more papers by this authorDiplomat Carlos H. Schenck
University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Psychiatry, Hennepin Count Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA (e-mail: [email protected] )
Search for more papers by this authorDiplomat Michel Cramer Bornemann
American Board of Sleep Medicine, Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Neurology, Hennepin Count Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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