Obstructive sleep apnoea does not lead to clinically significant erythrocytosis

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 347, Issue , 2013, Pages

  King, Andrew J ^a   Eyre, Toby ^a   Littlewood, Tim ^a  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTOSIS; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMA VOLUME; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; POLYCYTHEMIA;

EID: 84890072041     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f7340     Document Type: Letter

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