The MSLT: More objections than benefits as a diagnostic gold standard?

Affiliations

¹ Hephata Klinik, Schwalmstadt Germany ; Department of Neurology, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany.
² Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands ; Sleep Wake Center SEIN, Heemstede, The Netherlands.

Editorial

Geert Mayer et al. Sleep. 2014.

. 2014 Jun 1;37(6):1027-8.

doi: 10.5665/sleep.3748.

¹ Hephata Klinik, Schwalmstadt Germany ; Department of Neurology, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany.
² Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands ; Sleep Wake Center SEIN, Heemstede, The Netherlands.

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