Bilateral leg edema, obesity, pulmonary hypertension, and obstructive sleep apnea

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 2357-2362

  Blankfield, Robert P ^a,c,d   Hudgel, David W ^a,b   Tapolyai, Amy Artim ^a   Zyzanski, Stephen J ^a,c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Univ Hospitals Prim Care Phys P   (United States)

^d PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG EDEMA; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

EID: 0034726383     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.160.15.2357     Document Type: Article

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