New frontiers in obstructive sleep apnoea

Clinical Science

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 209-216

  Ayas, Najib T ^a   Hirsch, Allen A J ^a   Laher, Ismail ^a   Douglas Bradley, T ^b,c   Malhotra, Atul ^d   Polotsky, Vsevolod Y ^e   Tasali, Esra ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Biomarker; Cardiovascular disease; Diabetes; Obesity; Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA)

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LEPTIN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FLUID RETENTION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTERMITTENT HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SMOKING; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84899825927     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20140070     Document Type: Review

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