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Author

This factsheet was compiled by the ELF office from the sources below, with the help of ERS expert W.T. Mc Nicholas. The material was reviewed and approved by the ERS Advisory Board. 

Information sources

The following sources were used as background information in the compilation of this factsheet:

An article entitled 'Sleep apnoea syndrome', published in Breathe in March 2005 (Volume 1, Issue 3), by W.T. McNicholas.

Guilleminault C, Tilkian A, Dement WC. The sleep apnea syndromes. Annu Rev Med 1976; 27: 465-484.

Deegan PC, McNicholas WT. Pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnoea. Eur Respir J 1995; 8: 1161-1178.

Interesting links

For more information on sleep apnoea please go to our sleep apnoea section.

Go to our sleep apnoea links page for a list of reviewed websites on sleep apnoea from around Europe in a range of languages.

ERS School Course on Sleep Medicine, Antwerp 2005. Introduction to sleep and sleepiness E. De Valck (Brussels, Belgium).
(Please note that this presentation is from a scientific meeting and therefore is quite detailed and complicated.)

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