Medical Therapy for Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome

Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1053-1065

  Strollo, Patrick J ^a,b   Atwood, Charles W ^a,b,c   Sanders, Mark H ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B0-72-160797-7/50095-1     Document Type: Chapter

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