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. 2022 Sep;26(3):1287-1288.
doi: 10.1007/s11325-021-02484-z. Epub 2021 Sep 13.

Residual hypoxemia in obesity-hypoventilation syndrome: quantification of the ventilation/perfusion imbalance

Laura Martinez Vega  1 , Gemma Rubinos Cuadrado  1 , Ramón Fernández Álvarez  2   3
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Residual hypoxemia in obesity-hypoventilation syndrome: quantification of the ventilation/perfusion imbalance

Laura Martinez Vega et al. Sleep Breath. 2022 Sep.
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