Sleep Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 258-262 , March 2010

Serum nitrite and nitrate levels in children with obstructive sleep-disordered breathing

  • Athanasios Kaditis

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Disorders Laboratory, University of Thessaly School of Medicine, Larissa, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +30 6948530256.
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  • Emmanouel Alexopoulos

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Disorders Laboratory, University of Thessaly School of Medicine, Larissa, Greece
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  • Georgia Ntamagka

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Disorders Laboratory, University of Thessaly School of Medicine, Larissa, Greece
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  • Konstantinos Chaidas

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Disorders Laboratory, University of Thessaly School of Medicine, Larissa, Greece
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  • Anastasia Karathanasi

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Disorders Laboratory, University of Thessaly School of Medicine, Larissa, Greece
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  • Sofia Gougoura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, University of Thessaly School of Medicine, Larissa, Greece
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  • Afroditi A. Papathanasiou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomathematics, University of Thessaly School of Medicine, Larissa, Greece
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  • Panagiotis Liakos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, University of Thessaly School of Medicine, Larissa, Greece
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  • Elias Zintzaras

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomathematics, University of Thessaly School of Medicine, Larissa, Greece
    • Institute of Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Konstantinos Gourgoulianis

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Disorders Laboratory, University of Thessaly School of Medicine, Larissa, Greece

Received 3 February 2009 ,Revised 2 March 2009 ,Accepted 14 March 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2009.03.013

Sleep Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 258-262 , March 2010

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