In-home testing for obstructive sleep apnea

CONTINUUM Lifelong Learning in Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 223-228

  Kirsch, Douglas B ^a  

^a Sleep HealthCenters   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; NECK CIRCUMFERENCE; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SNORING;

HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84873678483     PISSN: 10802371     EISSN: 15386899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.CON.0000427204.90682.78     Document Type: Review

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