Obstructive sleep apnoea as a risk factor for osteopenia and osteoporosis in the male population: further data and comments

Claudio Liguori¹, Eleonora Piccirilli², Francesca Izzi³, Nicola Biagio Mercuri^{3

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5}, Umberto Tarantino², Fabio Placidi³

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¹ Sleep Medicine Centre, Neurophysiopathology Unit, Dept of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy dott.claudioliguori@yahoo.it.
² Dept of Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.
³ Sleep Medicine Centre, Neurophysiopathology Unit, Dept of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.
⁴ Fondazione Santa Lucia IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
⁵ Neurology Unit, Dept of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.

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Claudio Liguori et al. Eur Respir J. 2017.

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doi: 10.1183/13993003.02471-2016. Print 2017 Apr.

Claudio Liguori¹, Eleonora Piccirilli², Francesca Izzi³, Nicola Biagio Mercuri^{3

4

5}, Umberto Tarantino², Fabio Placidi³

¹ Sleep Medicine Centre, Neurophysiopathology Unit, Dept of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy dott.claudioliguori@yahoo.it.
² Dept of Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.
³ Sleep Medicine Centre, Neurophysiopathology Unit, Dept of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.
⁴ Fondazione Santa Lucia IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
⁵ Neurology Unit, Dept of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.

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Obstructive sleep apnoea as a risk factor for osteopenia and osteoporosis in the male population.
Liguori C, Mercuri NB, Izzi F, Romigi A, Cordella A, Piccirilli E, Viola S, Costa S, Sbraccia P, Marciani MG, Tarantino U, Placidi F. Liguori C, et al. Eur Respir J. 2016 Mar;47(3):987-90. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01830-2015. Epub 2016 Jan 7. Eur Respir J. 2016. PMID: 26743487 No abstract available.
Reply to "Letter to the Editor: Physical activity differently affects bone mineral density in obstructive sleep apnea at different age".
Sforza E, Saint Martin M, Thomas T, Collet P, Garet M, Barthélémy JC, Roche F. Sforza E, et al. Sleep Med. 2017 Apr;32:274. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2016.11.005. Epub 2016 Nov 29. Sleep Med. 2017. PMID: 28038843 No abstract available.