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. 1995 Aug;50(8):883–886. doi: 10.1136/thx.50.8.883

Sleep-related breathing disorder . 3. How to reach a diagnosis in patients who may have the sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome.

N J Douglas 1
PMCID: PMC474912  PMID: 7570442

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