Adrenal gland size in obstructive sleep apnea: Morphological assessment of hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis activity

• Takuma Minami ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Takuma Minami, Ryo Tachikawa, Takeshi Matsumoto, Kazuo Chin

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Ryo Tachikawa ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Takuma Minami, Ryo Tachikawa, Takeshi Matsumoto, Kazuo Chin

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Takeshi Matsumoto ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Takuma Minami, Ryo Tachikawa, Takeshi Matsumoto, Kazuo Chin

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Kimihiko Murase ,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Care and Sleep Control Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Kiminobu Tanizawa ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Care and Sleep Control Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Morito Inouchi ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Care and Sleep Control Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Tomohiro Handa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Toru Oga ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan

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• Toyohiro Hirai,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Kazuo Chin

  Contributed equally to this work with: Takuma Minami, Ryo Tachikawa, Takeshi Matsumoto, Kazuo Chin

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: chink@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Care and Sleep Control Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1011-7478

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