Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 47-54 , January 2009

Decreased chemosensitivity and improvement of sleep apnea by nocturnal hemodialysis

  • Jaime M. Beecroft

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, 1421 HSC, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alta., Canada T2N 4N1
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  • James Duffin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Ont., Canada
    • ,
  • Andreas Pierratos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Humber River Regional Hospital, Toronto, Ont., Canada
    • ,
  • Christopher T. Chan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ont., Canada
    • ,
  • Philip McFarlane

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ont., Canada
    • ,
  • Patrick J. Hanly

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, 1421 HSC, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alta., Canada T2N 4N1
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 403 220 2865; fax: +1 403 283 6151.

Received 22 August 2007 ,Revised 15 November 2007 ,Accepted 16 November 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2007.11.017

Sleep Medicine
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