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Advanced Sleep Phase Syndrome

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Definition: A circadian rhythm disorder that causes someone to go to sleep earlier in the evening and wake earlier in the morning, compared to most people.
Examples: I wonder if my father had advanced sleep phase syndrome as he always would fall asleep at 7 in the evening.
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