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. 2011 Mar;59(3):559-62.
doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03288.x.

Greater risk of Alzheimer's disease in older adults with insomnia

Ricardo S Osorio, Elizabeth Pirraglia, Luis F Agüera-Ortiz, Emmanuel H During, Hayley Sacks, Indu Ayappa, Joyce Walsleben, Anne Mooney, Asad Hussain, Lidia Glodzik, Blas Frangione, Pablo Martínez-Martín, Mony J de Leon

Greater risk of Alzheimer's disease in older adults with insomnia

Ricardo S Osorio et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011 Mar.
No abstract available

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