Protective role of brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) patients

• Krisstopher Richard Flores,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Division of Respiratory Diseases, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

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• Fausta Viccaro,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Division of Respiratory Diseases, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

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• Mauro Aquilini,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Division of Respiratory Diseases, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

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• Stefania Scarpino,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Division of Respiratory Diseases, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

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• Francesco Ronchetti,

  Roles Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Division of Respiratory Diseases, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

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• Rita Mancini,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Division of Respiratory Diseases, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

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• Arianna Di Napoli,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Division of Respiratory Diseases, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

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• Davide Scozzi,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

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• Alberto Ricci

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: alberto.ricci@uniroma1.it

  Affiliation Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Division of Respiratory Diseases, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1718-1587

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