Autonomic arousals in sleep related breathing disorders: A link between daytime somnolence and hypertension?

Sleep

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 843-844

  Lombardi, Carolina ^a   Castiglioni, Paolo ^b   Lugaresi, Elio ^c   Cortelli, Pietro ^c   Montagna, Pasquale ^c   Parati, Gianfranco ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING;

EID: 67651158975     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: 15509109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/32.7.843     Document Type: Letter

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