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Polymorphism of the ACE gene and the risk of obstructive sleep apnoea.
Pneumonologia i alergologia polska - 1 Jan 2013
Chmielewska Izabela, Mlak Radosław, Krawczyk Paweł, Czukiewska Ewa, Milanowski Janusz
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INTRODUCTION: Obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnea syndrome (OSA) is characterized by obstruction of the upper airway during sleep, resulting in repetitive breathing pauses accompanied by oxygen desaturation and arousal from sleep. Among the candidate genes affecting the risk of OSA, genes whose polymorphisms influence the development of diseases with similar pathogenesis such as OSA could be listed: APOE, genes for...
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