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[Chemoreflexsensitivity is reduced in obstructive sleep apnea and might be modulated by the autonomic system]

Stephan Steiner1, Marcus G Hennersdorf, Bodo E Strauer

  • 1Klinik für Kardiologie, Pneumologie und Angiologie, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf. steinest@uni-duesseldorf.de

Medizinische Klinik (Munich, Germany : 1983)
|June 29, 2006
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