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Response to the letter re “CPAP therapy reduces oxidative stress in patients with glaucoma and OSAS and improves the visual field”

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-cho Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8574, Japan

    Noriko Himori & Toru Nakazawa

  2. Collaborative Program for Ophthalmic Drug Discovery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

    Toru Nakazawa

  3. Department of Ophthalmic Imaging and Information Analytics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

    Toru Nakazawa

  4. Department of Retinal Disease Control, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

    Toru Nakazawa

  5. Department of Advanced Ophthalmic Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

    Toru Nakazawa

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Himori, N., Nakazawa, T. Response to the letter re “CPAP therapy reduces oxidative stress in patients with glaucoma and OSAS and improves the visual field”. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 259, 1081–1082 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-020-04824-3

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