Talk:Obstructive sleep apnea

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 Definition Clinical complex due to the pathophysiologic response to anatomic defects of the nasopharynx, characterized by hundreds of apneic episodes during sleep, resulting in upper airway closure. [d] [e]
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I wrote a lot of this on wikipedia. I just looked at the curent version and little has changed since I left. I'm making it CZ live before the unfork experiment. Nancy Sculerati MD 00:07, 19 January 2007 (CST)

The singular of data not being anecdote, I do remember becoming aware of snoring, falling asleep into the keyboard, awakening, and calling my primary care provider to ask if he really needed a polysomnogram. Howard C. Berkowitz 03:38, 15 June 2010 (UTC)