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Delayed sleep phase

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delayed sleep phase
Sleep disorders 1. A condition that occurs when the clock hour at which sleep normally occurs is moved back in time in a given, 24 hr sleep-wake cycle, causing a temporarily displaced–delayed occurrence of sleep in the 24 hr cycle 2. Chronic sleep schedule disturbance


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