A clinical investigation of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and upper airway resistance syndrome (UARS) patients

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-56

  Guilleminault, Christian ^a   Black, Jed E ^a   Palombini, Luciana ^a   Ohayon, Maurice ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical evaluation; Daytime sleepiness; Gender difference; Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome; Upper airway resistance syndrome

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002829217     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-9457(99)00011-8     Document Type: Article

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