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CASE REPORT: Intestinal Malabsorption as a Manifestation of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

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  1. Gastroenterology Division, Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts

    Tamsin A. Knox & Tawhid Gazi

  2. UMass Memorial Health Care, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

    Fay Kastrinos

  3. Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Division, New England Medical Center Hospital and Tupper Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts

    Alexander C. White

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Knox, T.A., Gazi, T., Kastrinos, F. et al. CASE REPORT: Intestinal Malabsorption as a Manifestation of Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Dig Dis Sci 48, 83–85 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021786431815

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