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Staner, L., Luthringer, R., Le Bon, O. (2006). Sleep disturbances in affective disorders. In: Pandi-Perumal, S.R., Monti, J.M. (eds) Clinical Pharmacology of Sleep. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7643-7440-3_7
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