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Genetic susceptibility to obstructive sleep apnea in the obese child.
Sleep medicine - 1 Mar 2007
Kalra Maninder, Chakraborty Ranajit
Abstract excerpt
The etiology of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is multifactorial, consisting of a complex interplay between anatomic and neuromuscular factors and an underlying genetic predisposition toward this disease. Several of the factors that have been reported to play a role in the pathogenesis of OSA can serve as intermediate phenotypes in investigations targeting genetic susceptibility to OSA. A precise underpinning of...
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