Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea May Be an Important Adjunct to Therapy of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Not to Be Overlooked

Overview

Journal Sleep

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty Psychiatry

Date 2010 Nov 25

PMID 21102984

Citations 2

Authors

Thomas D Hurwitz

Imran Khawaja

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