Operating characteristics of the negative expiratory pressure technique in predicting obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome in snoring patients.
Van Meerhaeghe
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Service de Pneumologie, CHU de Charleroi, Hôpital André Vésale, 706 route de Gozée, Montigny-le-Tilleul, 6610 Belgium. alain.vanmeerhaeghe@chu-charleroi.be
Delpire
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Stenuit
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Kerkhofs
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012372:ROC Curve; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012913:Snoring / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D015919:Ventilators, Negative-Pressure; D014797:Vital Capacity / Q000502:physiology