Validation of British Thoracic Society guidelines for the diagnosis of the sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome: can polysomnography be avoided?

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Published in Thorax on September 01, 1995

Authors

P J Ryan1, M F Hilton, D A Boldy, A Evans, S Bradbury, S Sapiano, K Prowse, R M Cayton

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1: Department of Respiratory Physiology, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, UK.

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