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Clinical Features

Severity of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Between Black and White Patients

Ammar Alkhazna Fellow, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine, Truman Medical Centers, Kansas City, MO
, MD,
Abid Bhat Staff Physician, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine, Truman Medical Centers, Kansas City, MOCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD,
James Ladesich Staff Physician, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine, Truman Medical Centers, Kansas City, MO
, MD,
Brandon Barthel Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine, Truman Medical Centers, Kansas City, MO
, MD &
Aaron J. Bohnam Senior Statistician, Hicklin Office for Health Services and Public Health Outcomes Research, Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO
, MS
Pages 82-86 | Published online: 13 Mar 2015

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