CPAP-related aerophagia: awareness first!

J Clin Sleep Med

Division of Pulmonary, Allergy - Critical Care Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.

Published: January 2013

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CPAP-related aerophagia: awareness first!

J Clin Sleep Med

January 2013

Division of Pulmonary, Allergy - Critical Care Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.

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