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Diagnosis and treatment of sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome
Diagnóstico y tratamiento del síndrome de apneas-hipopneas del sueño
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Patricia Lloberesa,
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, Joaquín Durán-Cantollab, Miguel Ángel Martínez-Garcíac, José María Marínd, Antoni Ferrere, Jaime Corralf, Juan Fernando Masaf, Olga Parrag, Mari Luz Alonso-Álvarezh, Joaquín Terán-Santosi
a Unidad del Sueño, Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, (Ciberes)
b Unidad Multidisciplinar de Trastornos del Sueño, Hospital Txagorritxu, Vitoria, Spain, (Ciberes)
c Unidad de Neumología, Hospital de Requena, Valencia, Spain, (Ciberes)
d Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, IACS, Zaragoza, Spain, (Ciberes)
e Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital del Mar-IMIM, Hospital de Sabadell, UPF, UAB, Barcelona, Spain, (Ciberes)
f Servicio de Neumología, Hospital San Pedro de Alcántara, Cáceres, Spain, (Ciberes)
g Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital Universitari Sagrat Cor, UB, Barcelona, Spain, (Ciberes)
h Unidad de Sueño, Hospital Universitario Complejo Asistencial de Burgos, Spain, (Ciberes)
i Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Universitario Complejo Asistencial de Burgos, Spain, (Ciberes)
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