Is obstructive sleep apnoea a comorbidity of COPD and is it involved in chronic systemic inflammatory syndrome?

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1381-1382

  Carratu, P ^a   Resta, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LETTER; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SMOKING; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SYNDROME;

EID: 49649123108     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00008008     Document Type: Letter

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