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The undisclosed role of disturbed sleep and hypoxia on metabolism: the importance of upper airways pathology

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  1. ENT Unit, Siena University, Siena, Italy

    Desiderio Passàli & Luisa Bellussi

  2. Diabetes Unit, Civil Hospital, Marino, Italy

    Patrizio Tatti

  3. ENT Unit, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

    Francesco Maria Passàli

  4. Via Anagnina 718, Morena, 00118, Rome, Italy

    Desiderio Passàli

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Passàli, D., Tatti, P., Passàli, F.M. et al. The undisclosed role of disturbed sleep and hypoxia on metabolism: the importance of upper airways pathology. Sleep Breath 17, 5–6 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-012-0679-1

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