Risk of Obstructive Sleep Apnea with Daytime Sleepiness Is Associated with Liver Damage in Non-Morbidly Obese Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Edoardo Alessandro Pulixi; Eleonora Tobaldini; Pier Maria Battezzati; Paola D'Ingianna; Vittorio Borroni; Anna Ludovica Fracanzani; Marco Maggioni; Serena Pelusi; Mara Bulgheroni; Massimo Zuin; Silvia Fargion; Nicola Montano; Luca Valenti

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0096349

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Risk of Obstructive Sleep Apnea with Daytime Sleepiness Is Associated with Liver Damage in Non-Morbidly Obese Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Edoardo Alessandro Pulixi,

Affiliation Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Internal Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Policlinico di Milano, Milano, Italy
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Eleonora Tobaldini,

Affiliation Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences “L. Sacco”, Division of Medicine and Pathophysiology, Università degli Studi di Milano, Ospedale Luigi Sacco, Milano, Italy
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Pier Maria Battezzati,

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Division of Medicine and Gastroenterology and Liver Unit, Ospedale San Paolo, Milano, Italy
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Paola D'Ingianna,

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Division of Medicine and Gastroenterology and Liver Unit, Ospedale San Paolo, Milano, Italy
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Vittorio Borroni,

Affiliation Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Internal Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Policlinico di Milano, Milano, Italy
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Anna Ludovica Fracanzani,

Affiliation Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Internal Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Policlinico di Milano, Milano, Italy
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Marco Maggioni,

Affiliation Pathology, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Policlinico di Milano, Milano, Italy
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Serena Pelusi,

Affiliation Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Internal Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Policlinico di Milano, Milano, Italy
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Mara Bulgheroni,

Affiliation Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences “L. Sacco”, Division of Medicine and Pathophysiology, Università degli Studi di Milano, Ospedale Luigi Sacco, Milano, Italy
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Massimo Zuin,

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Division of Medicine and Gastroenterology and Liver Unit, Ospedale San Paolo, Milano, Italy
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Silvia Fargion,

Affiliation Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Internal Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Policlinico di Milano, Milano, Italy
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Nicola Montano,

Affiliations Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences “L. Sacco”, Division of Medicine and Pathophysiology, Università degli Studi di Milano, Ospedale Luigi Sacco, Milano, Italy, International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
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Luca Valenti

* E-mail: luca.valenti@unimi.it

Affiliation Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Internal Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Policlinico di Milano, Milano, Italy
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Risk of Obstructive Sleep Apnea with Daytime Sleepiness Is Associated with Liver Damage in Non-Morbidly Obese Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Edoardo Alessandro Pulixi,
Eleonora Tobaldini,
Pier Maria Battezzati,
Paola D'Ingianna,
Vittorio Borroni,
Anna Ludovica Fracanzani,
Marco Maggioni,
Serena Pelusi,
Mara Bulgheroni,
Massimo Zuin

Published: April 24, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0096349

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