Sleep-related breathing disorder is an independent risk factor for systemic hypertension

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1875-1882

  Grote, Ludger ^a,b   Ploch, Thomas ^a,b   Heitmann, Jörg ^a,b   Knaack, Lennart ^a,b   Penzel, Thomas ^a,b   Peter, Jörg Hermann ^a,b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

EID: 0033406322     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.160.6.9811054     Document Type: Article

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