Sleep Medicine
Volume 1, Issue 3 , Pages 215-220 , 1 July 2000

CPAP therapy in patients with mild OSA: implementation and treatment outcome

  • Leon Rosenthal

      Affiliations

    • Henry Ford Hospital Sleep Disorders and Research Center, 2799 W Grand Boulevard, CFP-3, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
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  • Rebecca Gerhardstein

      Affiliations

    • Henry Ford Hospital Sleep Disorders and Research Center, 2799 W Grand Boulevard, CFP-3, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
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  • Alicia Lumley

      Affiliations

    • Henry Ford Hospital Sleep Disorders and Research Center, 2799 W Grand Boulevard, CFP-3, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
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  • Peter Guido

      Affiliations

    • Lovelace Health System, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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  • Ryan Day

      Affiliations

    • Henry Ford Hospital Sleep Disorders and Research Center, 2799 W Grand Boulevard, CFP-3, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
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  • Mary Lou Syron

      Affiliations

    • Henry Ford Hospital Sleep Disorders and Research Center, 2799 W Grand Boulevard, CFP-3, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
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  • Thomas Roth

      Affiliations

    • Henry Ford Hospital Sleep Disorders and Research Center, 2799 W Grand Boulevard, CFP-3, Detroit, MI 48202, USA

Received 4 November 1999 ,Revised 16 January 2000 ,Accepted 26 January 2000.

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☆ Presented in abstract form at the Annual Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS) meeting, Orlando, FL, June 21, 1999.

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Sleep Medicine
Volume 1, Issue 3 , Pages 215-220 , 1 July 2000

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