Published in Thorax on December 01, 1995
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Oxygen treatment of sleep hypoxaemia in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Thorax (1989) 0.83
Clinical and physiologic heterogeneity of the central sleep apnea syndrome. Am Rev Respir Dis (1986) 0.82
Myotonia of the respiratory muscles in myotonic dystrophy. Am Rev Respir Dis (1993) 0.82
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Protriptyline treatment of sleep hypoxaemia in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Thorax (1989) 0.81
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