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Should we routinely screen patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis for nocturnal hypoxemia?

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  1. Respiratory Failure Unit, Gen. Hospital “G. Papanikolaou”, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Exohi, Thessaloniki, 57010, Greece

    Georgia Pitsiou, Vasilis Bagalas, Afroditi Boutou, Ioannis Stanopoulos & Paraskevi Argyropoulou-Pataka

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Pitsiou, G., Bagalas, V., Boutou, A. et al. Should we routinely screen patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis for nocturnal hypoxemia?. Sleep Breath 17, 447–448 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-012-0716-0

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