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CPAP treatment in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and obstructive sleep apnea—therapeutic difficulties and dilemmas

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  1. Sleep Disorders Center, 401 General Army Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Charalampos Mermigkis & Demetrios Mermigkis

  2. Sleep Disorders Center, Henry Dunant Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Charalampos Mermigkis & Georgios Varouchakis

  3. Sleep Disorders Unit, Department of Thoracic Medicine, University General Hospital, Medical School of the University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece

    Sophia Schiza

  4. Thrakis 61A, Brilissia, Athens, Greece

    Charalampos Mermigkis

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Mermigkis, C., Mermigkis, D., Varouchakis, G. et al. CPAP treatment in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and obstructive sleep apnea—therapeutic difficulties and dilemmas. Sleep Breath 16, 1–3 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-010-0476-7

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