Genomic approaches to understanding obstructive sleep apnea.

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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is an increasingly recognized, common chronic disease in the developed nations and is a complex disease that has high social and economic costs. OSA and its associated 'intermediate' phenotypes-craniofacial structure, body fat distribution and metabolism, and neurological control of the upper airway muscles and of sleep and circadian rhythm-are under a substantial degree of genetic...

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