Is there evidence for a perimenopausal sleep disorder? Krystal and colleagues
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raised this question in considering factors associated with sleep disruption among
midlife women that could be uniquely attributed to the menopausal transition, encompassing
the perimenopausal and early postmenopausal years. In recent years, many reviews
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addressing the topic of perimenopausal sleep have been published.Keywords
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