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Sleep Apnea Syndromes

"Sleep Apnea Syndromes" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Disorders characterized by multiple cessations of respirations during sleep that induce partial arousals and interfere with the maintenance of sleep. Sleep apnea syndromes are divided into central (see SLEEP APNEA, CENTRAL), obstructive (see SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE), and mixed central-obstructive types.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Sleep Apnea Syndromes" by people in this website by year, and whether "Sleep Apnea Syndromes" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 24 publications over 16 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 1995 and 2006
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