Sham continuous positive airway pressure for placebo-controlled studies in sleep apnoea

Lancet

Volumn 353, Issue 9159, 1999, Pages 1154-

  Farré, Ramon ^a   Hernández, Lourdes ^a   Montserrat, Josep M ^a   Rotger, Mar ^a   Ballester, Eugeni ^a   Navajas, Daniel ^a  

^a F ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEVICE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OXYGEN SATURATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUMP; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TUBE;

EID: 0344628742     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)01056-9     Document Type: Article

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