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The present status of the period studies of cataclysmic variables is briefly reviewed, mainly from the observational point of view. A few comments on individual objects include EM Cyg, Z Cha, WZ Sge and AM CVn.

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Herczeg, T.J. (1987). The Periods of Cataclysmic Variables. In: Drechsel, H., Kondo, Y., Rahe, J. (eds) Cataclysmic Variables. Recent Multi-Frequency Observations and Theoretical Developments. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3801-4_5

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