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Comment
. 2014 Mar 15;10(3):347.
doi: 10.5664/jcsm.3550.

Weight gain with CPAP: a complication of treatment?

Vincent Mysliwiec  1 , Brian O'Reilly  1 , Bernard J Roth  1
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Weight gain with CPAP: a complication of treatment?

Vincent Mysliwiec et al. J Clin Sleep Med. .
No abstract available

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  • You still need more than CPAP for OSA patients to lose weight.
    Quan SF, Budhiraja R, Clarke DP, Goodwin JL, Gottlieb DJ, Nichols DA, Simon RD, Smith TW, Walsh JK, Kushida CA, Phillips B. Quan SF, et al. J Clin Sleep Med. 2014 Mar 15;10(3):349. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.3552. J Clin Sleep Med. 2014. PMID: 24634638 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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