Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 10 , Pages 1107-1111 , December 2009

Reciprocal interactions of obstructive sleep apnea and hypertension associated with ACE I/D polymorphism in males

  • Renata G. Koyama

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychobiology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil
    • Psychobiology and Exercise Research Center, Universidade Federal de São Paulo/UNIFESP, Rua Napoleão de Barros, 925, Vila Clementino, 04024-002 São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Luciano F. Drager

      Affiliations

    • Hypertension Unit, Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
    • Sleep Laboratory, Pulmonary Division, Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Geraldo Lorenzi-Filho

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Laboratory, Pulmonary Division, Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Fátima D. Cintra

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychobiology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Alexandre C. Pereira

      Affiliations

    • Hypertension Unit, Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Dalva Poyares

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychobiology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • José Eduardo Krieger

      Affiliations

    • Hypertension Unit, Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Rosa M.R.P.S. Castro

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychobiology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Sérgio Tufik

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychobiology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Marco Túlio de Mello

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychobiology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil
    • Psychobiology and Exercise Research Center, Universidade Federal de São Paulo/UNIFESP, Rua Napoleão de Barros, 925, Vila Clementino, 04024-002 São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Mario Pedrazzoli

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychobiology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +55 11 21490155/251; fax: +55 11 21490155.

Received 17 October 2008 ,Revised 17 December 2008 ,Accepted 17 December 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2008.12.012

Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 10 , Pages 1107-1111 , December 2009

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