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Clinical Characteristics of Obesity-hypoventilation Syndrome in Japan: a Multi-center Study

Tsuneto Akashiba, Toshiki Akahoshi, Seiji KAWAHARA, Akihito Uematsu, Kazuhito Katsura, Shigeru Sakurai, Akira Murata, Hiroki Sakakibara, Kazuo Chin, Wataru Hida,

Internal Medicine · 2006 · 92 citations · 19 references

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Abstract

OHS patients display numerous abnormalities due to obesity compared with non-OHS patients. Impaired pulmonary function, particularly %VC, may play an important role in the development of daytime hypercapnia independent of obesity in OHS patients.

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