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Sleep Disorder Center, Pulmologic Center Vienna, Vienna, Austria Department of Pulmonology, Elizabethinen Hospital, Linz AUSTRALIA Sleep Disorders Centre, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown 2050 The Sleep Investigation Centre, North West Private Hospital Everton Park, Brisbane The Sleep Investigation Centre, Sunnybank Private Hospital Sunnybank, Brisbane Sydney Sleep Disorders Centre, Annandale, NSW Camperdown Sleep Disorders Center, Newtown, NSW Hornsby Sleep Disorders and Diagnostic Centre, Waitara, NSW Satellite Sleep Laboratory, Wentworthville, NSW Sleep Monitoring Unit, Benowa, QLD Central West Sleep Disorders Center, Orange, NSW Sleep Disorders Unit, Repatriation General Hospital, Adelaide, SA Sleep Disorders Centre, Royal Newcastle Hospital, Newcastle NSW Sleep Disorders Centre, Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Heidelberg, Victoria BELGIUM Centrum voor Stoornissen van Slapen en Waken, University Hospital, Ghent CANADA Sleep Disorders Centre of Metropolitan Toronto Toronto, Barrie, Brampton,and Richmond Hill, Canada Silent Partners Sleep Clinic, Toronto Sleep Disorders Centre, McMaster University Medical Centre, Hamilton, Ontario The Wellesley Hospital Sleep Lab, The Wellesley Hospital, Toronto FINLAND Sleep Disorders Clinic and Research Center, Haaga Center for Neurological Research and Rehabilitation, Helsinki GERMANY For a list of all sleep centers in Germany, contact: Deutsche Narkolepsie-Gesellschaft e. V. 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