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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795965403321

Autore

Reading Paul

Titolo

ABC of sleep medicine / / Paul Reading

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, UK : , : Wiley-Blackwell, a John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., publication : , : BMJ Books, , 2013

ISBN

9781118523315

1118523318

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 58 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Collana

ABC series (Malden, Mass.)

Disciplina

616.8498

Soggetti

Sleep Disorders - pathology

Sleep - physiology

Sleep disorders

Sleep

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Normal versus abnormal sleep -- Diagnosing sleep disorders -- Excessive daytime sleepiness -- Sleep apnoea syndrome -- Insomnia -- Secondary (co-morbid) insomnia -- The parasomnias -- Sleep disorders in children -- Sleep in neurodegenerative disease -- Sleep in psychiatric disease -- Drugs used in sleep medicine.

Sommario/riassunto

A primer for understanding the phenomenon of sleep and its more common disorders, this text has the aim of providing a readable text for non-specialists, covering the full range of recognised sleep disorders that might present to general physicians and sleep clinics.