Apolipoprotein E polymorphisms and sleep quality in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.

doi:10.1016/j.cca.2011.08.007

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Apolipoprotein E polymorphisms and sleep quality in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.

Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry - 20 Nov 2011

Pellegrino R, Mazzotti D R, Guindalini C, Santos-Silva R, Bittencourt L R A, Tufik S

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BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of polymorphism on sleep parameters of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS) patients. METHODS: Patients were genotyped after a full-night polysomnography using the large Epidemiologic Sleep Study of São Paulo population-based...

Topics

Alleles
Apolipoprotein E2
Humans
Polymorphism, Genetic
Polysomnography
Sleep
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive

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