Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 112-117 , January 2009

Snoring and witnessed sleep apnea is related to diabetes mellitus in women

  • Fredrik Valham

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden
    • Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +46 907850000; fax: +46 90772081.
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  • Birgitta Stegmayr

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden
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  • Marie Eriksson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden
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  • Erik Hägg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden
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  • Eva Lindberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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  • Karl A Franklin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden
    • National Respiratory Center, Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Karolinska Institute, Danderyd Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Received 7 May 2007 ,Revised 11 October 2007 ,Accepted 11 November 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2007.11.005

Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 112-117 , January 2009

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