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Comment
. 2008 Jul;31(7):e61; author reply e62.
doi: 10.2337/dc08-0677.

Abdominal fat and sleep apnea: the chicken or the egg? Response to Pillar and Shehadeh

Kerstin M Oltmanns
Comment

Abdominal fat and sleep apnea: the chicken or the egg? Response to Pillar and Shehadeh

Kerstin M Oltmanns. Diabetes Care. 2008 Jul.
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