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Sleep apnea in peritoneal dialysis: nocturnal versus continuous ambulatory treatment

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boxed-textTang SCW et al. (2006) Alleviation of sleep apnea in patients with chronic renal failure by nocturnal cycler-assisted peritoneal dialysis compared with conventional continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. J Am Soc Nephrol 17: 2607–2616

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  1. J Perl is a clinical fellow in nephrology, and CT Chan is Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medical Director of Home Dialysis and Staff Nephrologist, at Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.,

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