The changes and implications of plasma orexin-A levels in patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome

Zhonghua Jiehe he Huxi Zazhi

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 368-371

  Liao, Xue Mei ^a   Yu, Qin ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apnea hypopnea index; Arousal index; Obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome; Orexin A

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; OREXINS; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPEPTIDES; PLASMA; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 33751235283     PISSN: 10010939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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