Sleep Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 233-235 , March 2010

Sleep apnea in Parkinson’s disease: When is it significant?

  • Birgit Högl

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Received 2 November 2009 ,Accepted 5 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2009.11.008

Sleep Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 233-235 , March 2010

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