Sleep Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 247-252 , March 2010

Is obstructive sleep apnea a problem in Parkinson’s disease?

  • Valérie Cochen De Cock

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Disorders Unit, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, APHP, Paris, France
    • Neurology Department, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, APHP, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Maher Abouda

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Disorders Unit, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, APHP, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Smaranda Leu

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Disorders Unit, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, APHP, Paris, France
    • Neurology Department, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, APHP, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Delphine Oudiette

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Disorders Unit, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, APHP, Paris, France
    • CRICM UMR975 and Paris 6 University, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Emmanuel Roze

      Affiliations

    • Neurology Department, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, APHP, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Marie Vidailhet

      Affiliations

    • Neurology Department, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, APHP, Paris, France
    • CRICM UMR975 and Paris 6 University, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Thomas Similowski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory and Intensive Care Medicine, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, APHP, Paris 6 university, ER10upmc, France
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  • Isabelle Arnulf

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Disorders Unit, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, APHP, Paris, France
    • CRICM UMR975 and Paris 6 University, Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Unité des Pathologies du Sommeil, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47-83 Boulevard de l’Hôpital, 75651 Paris Cedex 13, France. Tel.: +33 1 42 16 77 04; fax: +33 1 42 16 77 00.

Received 17 February 2009 ,Revised 14 May 2009 ,Accepted 18 May 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2009.05.008

Sleep Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 247-252 , March 2010

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