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The concern about noradrenergic and antimuscarinic agents for OSA

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This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province China (No.2019A1515010981). The funding bodies had no role in design, data collection and analysis, or interpretation of the findings.

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  1. Donghao Wang and Riken Chen have contributed equally.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

    Donghao Wang, Riken Chen & Nuofu Zhang

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Wang, D., Chen, R. & Zhang, N. The concern about noradrenergic and antimuscarinic agents for OSA. Sleep Biol. Rhythms 20, 319–320 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41105-021-00367-0

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