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Editorial
. 2014 Dec 1;37(12):1883-4.
doi: 10.5665/sleep.4232.

How few signals are needed to diagnose sleep apnea?

Charles W Atwood Jr  1
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Editorial

How few signals are needed to diagnose sleep apnea?

Charles W Atwood Jr. Sleep. .
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  • Effectiveness of home single-channel nasal pressure for sleep apnea diagnosis.
    Masa JF, Duran-Cantolla J, Capote F, Cabello M, Abad J, Garcia-Rio F, Ferrer A, Mayos M, Gonzalez-Mangado N, de la Peña M, Aizpuru F, Barbe F, Montserrat JM; Spanish Sleep Network; Larrateguy LD, de Castro JR, Garcia-Ledesma E, Utrabo I, Corral J, Martinez-Null C, Egea C, Cancelo L, García-Díaz E, Carmona-Bernal C, Sánchez-Armengol A, Fortuna AM, Miralda RM, Troncoso MF, Monica G, Martinez-Martinez M, Cantalejo O, Piérola J, Vigil L, Embid C, Del Mar Centelles M, Prieto TR, Rojo B, Vanesa L. Masa JF, et al. Sleep. 2014 Dec 1;37(12):1953-61. doi: 10.5665/sleep.4248. Sleep. 2014. PMID: 25325484 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.

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