Waking up to sleep-disordered breathing

Thorax

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 762-763

  Fleetham, J A ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; PLACEBO;

BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAKEFULNESS; COMPLICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 77956824048     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2010.144931     Document Type: Editorial

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