American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 52, Issue 2 , Pages 305-313 , August 2008

Subjective and Objective Sleep Quality in Patients on Conventional Thrice-Weekly Hemodialysis: Comparison With Matched Controls From the Sleep Heart Health Study

  • Mark L. Unruh, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Renal-Electrolyte Division, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Mark Unruh, MD, MSc, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Renal-Electrolyte Division, 3550 Terrace St, A909 Scaife Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15261.
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  • Mark H. Sanders, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
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  • Susan Redline, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Center for Clinical Investigation, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
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  • Beth M. Piraino, MD

      Affiliations

    • Renal-Electrolyte Division, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
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  • Jason G. Umans, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Penn Medical Laboratory, MedStar Research Institute, Washington, DC
    • Department of Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
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  • Hassan Chami, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA
    • VA Boston Health Care System, Boston, MA
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  • Rohit Budhiraja, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pulmonary, Sleep, and Critical Care Division, Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System, Tucson, AZ
    • University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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  • Naresh M. Punjabi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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  • Daniel Buysse, MD

      Affiliations

    • Renal-Electrolyte Division, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
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  • Anne B. Newman, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

Received 29 November 2007 ,Accepted 11 April 2008.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.04.019 on July 10, 2008.

PII: S0272-6386(08)00867-6

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.04.019

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 52, Issue 2 , Pages 305-313 , August 2008

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