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Adrenal gland size in obstructive sleep apnea: Morphological assessment of hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis activity

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2019

Year

Takuma Minami, Ryo Tachikawa, Takeshi Matsumoto, Kimihiko Murase, Kiminobu Tanizawa, Morito Inouchi, Tomohiro Handa, Toru Oga, Toyohiro Hirai, Kazuo Chin
PLoS ONE

Abstract

Results indicated that adrenal glands may enlarge in response to longstanding sleep fragmentation, suggesting the involvement of OSA in HPA axis augmentation.

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