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Alfonso Torres-Palacios

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Lopez-Acevedo M, Torres-Palacios A, Elena Ocasio-Tascon M, Campos-Santiago Z, Rodriguez-Cintron W
Sleep Breath . 2009 May; 13(4):409-13. PMID: 19479291
Background: The coexistence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) is known as overlap syndrome (OS); it occurs in 10-20% of patients with OSA. Patients with...
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Blondet M, Yapor P, Latalladi-Ortega G, Alicea E, Torres-Palacios A, Rodriguez-Cintron W
Sleep Breath . 2008 Sep; 13(2):175-80. PMID: 18807082
Background: The Berlin Questionnaire [an outcome of a primary care physicians' conference held in Berlin, Germany, in 1996 that was created to identify patients at high risk for sleep disordered...
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Galanter J, Choudhry S, Eng C, Nazario S, Rodriguez-Santana J, Casal J, et al.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med . 2008 Mar; 177(11):1194-200. PMID: 18310477
Rationale: Independent replication of genetic associations in complex diseases, particularly in whole-genome association studies, is critical to confirm the association. Objectives: A whole-genome association study identified ORMDL3 as a promising...
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Fahed-Inigo G, Torres-Palacios A, Rodriguez-Cintron W
P R Health Sci J . 2007 Aug; 26(2):159-62. PMID: 17722431
This is a report of a 56-year-old male who was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the San Juan V.A. Medical Center with altered mental status and severe hypoxemia....
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Elena Ocasio-Tascon M, Alicea-Colon E, Torres-Palacios A, Rodriguez-Cintron W
Sleep Breath . 2006 Feb; 10(2):70-5. PMID: 16496117
Sleep complaints are very common among the general population and are usually accompanied by significant medical, psychological and social disturbances (Redline S, Strohl K, Otolaryngol Clin North Am, 132:303, 1999)....
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Elena Ocasio-Tascon M, Martinez M, Cedeno A, Torres-Palacios A, Alicea E, Rodriguez-Cintron W
South Med J . 2005 Jun; 98(5):561-3. PMID: 15954515
A 71-year-old male with coronary artery disease, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, tobacco and opioid dependence came to the emergency room complaining of one episode of retrosternal chest pain oppressive in nature...
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Salari K, Choudhry S, Tang H, Naqvi M, Lind D, Avila P, et al.
Genet Epidemiol . 2005 May; 29(1):76-86. PMID: 15918156
Genetic association studies in admixed populations may be biased if individual ancestry varies within the population and the phenotype of interest is associated with ancestry. However, recently admixed populations also...
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Nazario S, Casal J, Torres-Palacios A, Rodriguez W, Delamater A, Applegate E, et al.
Pediatr Pulmonol . 2004 Apr; 37(5):453-60. PMID: 15095330
We conducted a survey to determine parent-reported asthma prevalence, morbidity, and healthcare utilization among 3527 children attending public schools (n = 2849) and private schools (n = 678) in San...