Sleep Medicine Reviews
Volume 6, Issue 1 , Pages 17-26 , February 2002

Should all sleep apnoea patients be treated? Yes

  • Patrick Lévy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine and Sleep Laboratory, PRETA Laboratory TIMC UMR CNRS 5525, University Hospital, Grenoble, France
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  • Jean-Louis Pépin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine and Sleep Laboratory, PRETA Laboratory TIMC UMR CNRS 5525, University Hospital, Grenoble, France
    • ,
  • Walter T. McNicholas

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Disorders Unit, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

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doi: 10.1053/smrv.2002.0209

Sleep Medicine Reviews
Volume 6, Issue 1 , Pages 17-26 , February 2002

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