Rapid eye movement-related sleep-disordered breathing: Influence of age and gender

Chest

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1156-1161

  Koo, Brian B ^a,b   Patel, Sanjay R ^a   Strohl, Kingman ^b   Hoffstein, Victor ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Obstructive sleep apnea; Rapid eye movement; Sleep disordered breathing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING;

EID: 57349156629     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-1311     Document Type: Article

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