Sleep Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 5 , Pages 591-592 , July 2008

Response to Clinical Corners in Sleep Medicine: “Management of obstructive sleep apnea in patients with congenital heart disease and Fontan procedures” (Sleep Med 2007;8:537–8)

Received 18 September 2007 ,Accepted 18 September 2007.

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PII: S1389-9457(07)00326-7

doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2007.09.004

Sleep Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 5 , Pages 591-592 , July 2008

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