Snoring and sleep apnea in obese adolescents: Effect of long-term weight loss-rehabilitation

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 83-87

  Siegfried, Wolfgang ^a,c   Siegfried, Alena ^a   Rabenbauer, Maria ^a   Hebebrand, Johannes ^b  

^a Obesity Treatment Center Insula   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c Adipositas Zentrum Insula   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Obesity; Sleep apnea syndrome; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344466405     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-999-0083-7     Document Type: Article

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