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. 2020 Apr;157(4):1046-1047.
doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2019.11.051.

CPAP Treatment and Cardiovascular Prevention: An Alternate Study Design That Includes Excessively Sleepy Patients

Bhajan Singh  1 , Greg Maislin  2 , Brendan T Keenan  3 , Nigel McArdle  4 , Diego R Mazzotti  2 , Ulysses Magalang  5 , Allan I Pack  2 ; Sleep Apnea Global Interdisciplinary Consortium
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CPAP Treatment and Cardiovascular Prevention: An Alternate Study Design That Includes Excessively Sleepy Patients

Bhajan Singh et al. Chest. 2020 Apr.
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    Javaheri S, Campos-Rodriguez F, Martinez-Garcia MA. Javaheri S, et al. Chest. 2020 Apr;157(4):1047-1048. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2019.12.036. Chest. 2020. PMID: 32252917 No abstract available.

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