Reply: Arousal threshold in obstructive sleep apnea

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 373-374

  Eckert, Danny J ^a   White, David P ^a   Jordan, Amy S ^a   Malhotra, Atul ^a   Wellman, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; BREATHING MUSCLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; LETTER; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; WAKEFULNESS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84893545431     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201312-2115LE     Document Type: Letter

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