Article
Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome and genes.
The Netherlands journal of medicine - 1 Sept 2006
Kaparianos A, Sampsonas F, Karkoulias K, Spiropoulos K
Abstract excerpt
Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a complex disease entity strongly influenced by genetic factors, especially those that affect obesity and fat distribution, upper airway muscle tone, craniofacial morphology, ventilatory control and sleep, giving rise to the OSA phenotype. OSA can also be considered a metabolic syndrome which adversely affects multiple organ systems, especially the cardiovascular system and the...
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