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Gender differences in the influence of obstructive sleep apnea on optic nerve head circulation

We investigated gender differences in the optic nerve head (ONH) microcirculation status in association with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) by using laser speckle flowgraphy (LSFG). We evaluated 150 men (60.5 ± 11.0 yrs) and 45 women (63.0 ± 10.6 yrs) who underwent overnight polysomnography. The mean...

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Autores principales: Shiba, Tomoaki, Takahashi, Mao, Matsumoto, Tadashi, Hori, Yuichi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6906515/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31827230
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-55470-7