Morbid obesity and sleep apnea. Is weight loss the answer?

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 339-340

  Marien, Heidi ^a   Rodenstein, Daniel ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ARTHROPATHY; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLELITHIASIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATTY LIVER; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METHODOLOGY; MORBID OBESITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RISK REDUCTION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 51549106082     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.27234     Document Type: Note

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