Obstructive sleep apnoea and obesity.
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To the Editor—We read with interest the article by Ng et al in the February 2004 issue of the Hong Kong Medical Journal. We concur with the authors’ view that obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) and obesity present a double challenge to all practising paediatricians and family doctors alike. To provide adequate resources to tackle the problem, the magnitude of the problem needs to be quantified in terms of OSA prevalence among local obese children, and it is inappropriate to use overseas data for this purpose.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Hong Kong medical journal = Xianggang yi xue za zhi
دوره 10 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004