'Grey's Anatomy' Star Hospitalized For Sleep Disorder

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Justin Chambers, who plays Dr. Alex Karev on ABC's "Grey's Anatomy," has gotten real medical help.

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Justin Chambers, from ABC's "Grey's Anatomy, has voluntarily checked himself into UCLA Medical Center to get help with a pre-existing sleeping disorder.

Chambers, 37, voluntarily checked himself into UCLA Medical Center "to get help with a pre-existing sleeping disorder," his publicist, Danica Smith, said.

He entered the center Monday and checked out Wednesday. Other details weren't provided.

Chambers "asks that the press respect his privacy and that of his family," according to a statement issued Friday.