Brahms' lullaby revisited: Did the composer have obstructive sleep apnea?

Chest

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 210-213

  Margolis, Mitchell L ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brahms; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING;

EID: 0033931216     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.118.1.210     Document Type: Article

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