Obstructive sleep apnea and chronic kidney disease: open questions on a potential public health problem

Oreste Marrone¹, Maria R Bonsignore^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Biomedicine and Molecular Immunology (IBIM), National Research Council (CNR), Palermo, Italy.
² Biomedical Department of Internal and Specialistic Medicine (DiBiMIS), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.

Editorial

Oreste Marrone et al. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Jan.

. 2018 Jan;10(1):45-48.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.12.12.

Oreste Marrone¹, Maria R Bonsignore^{1

2}

¹ Institute of Biomedicine and Molecular Immunology (IBIM), National Research Council (CNR), Palermo, Italy.
² Biomedical Department of Internal and Specialistic Medicine (DiBiMIS), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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