Overlap

COPD and the OSAHS are both common diseases affecting respectively 10% and 5% of the adult population over 40 years of age. Their coexistence, which is denominated as «overlap syndrome», can occur in about 0.5% of this population. Aim and materials: To assess the existence of a prevalence of OSAHS i...

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Main Authors: H. Kouismi, M. El Ftouh, H. Naji-Amrani, M.T. El Fassy El Fihry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-10-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763813001428