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Brief report| Volume 22, ISSUE 6, P789-791, June 1987

The sleep lactate infusion: Arousal and the panic mechanism

  • Harold W. Koenigsberg
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    Address reprint requests to Dr. Koenigsberg, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Westchester Division, 21 Blooming-dale Road, White Plains, NY 10605.
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    From the Department of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College and the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Westchester Division, White Plains, NY USA
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  • Charles Pollak
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    From the Department of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College and the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Westchester Division, White Plains, NY USA
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  • Timothy Sullivan
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    From the Department of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College and the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Westchester Division, White Plains, NY USA
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