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Sleep patterns in the young and aged

Sleep patterns change with age, anxiety levels and many other factors. Normally, younger people have more concentrated periods of deep sleep and older people have more periods of REM sleep. Sleep patterns in the young and aged

Review Date: 8/3/2007

Reviewd By: David A. Kaufman, M.D., Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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