Levels of vascular endothelial growth factor are elevated in patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome

Blood

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1255-1257

  Imagawa, Shigehiko ^a,b,c   Yamaguchi, Yuji ^a,b,c   Higuchi, Masato ^a,b,c   Neichi, Tomohiro ^a,b,c   Hasegawa, Yuichi ^a,b,c   Mukai, Harumi Y ^a,b,c   Suzuki, Norio ^a,b,c   Yamamoto, Masayuki ^a,b,c   Nagasawa, Toshiro ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b Center for Sleep Respiratory Disorder at Fukuoka   (Japan)

^c CHUGAI PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMOGLOBIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

EID: 0035883079     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.V98.4.1255     Document Type: Article

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