Sleep apnoea and pulmonary hypertension in high-altitude dwellers: more than an association?

Urs Scherrer, Samuel Verges

Source: Eur Respir J , 49 (2) 1602232; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02232-2016
Journal Issue: February
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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