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The influence of nasal abnormalities in adherence to continuous positive airway pressure device therapy in obstructive sleep apnea patients. What role does the nose play?

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  1. Disciplina de Medicina e Biologia do Sono-Departamento de Psicobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

    Fernanda Louise Martinho Haddad, Luciane Mello-Fujita, Fátima Dumas Cintra, Sergio Tufik & Lia Rita Azeredo Bittencourt

  2. Departamento de Otorrinolaringologia e cirurgia de cabeça e Pescoço, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

    Fernanda Louise Martinho Haddad, Tatiana Vidigal & Luiz Carlos Gregório

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Haddad, F.L.M., Vidigal, T., Mello-Fujita, L. et al. The influence of nasal abnormalities in adherence to continuous positive airway pressure device therapy in obstructive sleep apnea patients. What role does the nose play?. Sleep Breath 19, 5–6 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-014-0970-4

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