Obstructive sleep apnea: Not just a sleep disorder
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has long been recognized as a disorder characterized by snoring and frequent cessations of breathing resulting in fragmentation of sleep, which eventually leads to cumulative sleep debt in affected patients. Until two decades ago, snoring and apneas drew attention mainl...
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Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2011-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Postgraduate Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://www.jpgmonline.com/article.asp?issn=0022-3859;year=2011;volume=57;issue=2;spage=168;epage=175;aulast=Rajagopalan |