Obesity hypoventilation syndrome: More than just severe sleep apnea

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 77-78

  Rapoport, David M ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED VENTILATION; BREATHING; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; LUNG FUNCTION; OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

HUMANS; OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79951769353     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2010.12.002     Document Type: Editorial

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