Urology
Volume 67, Issue 5 , Pages 974-977 , May 2006

Continuous positive airway pressure reduces nocturia in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

  • David Margel

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Urology, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tiqva, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: David Margel, M.D., Institute of Urology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tikva 49100, Israel.
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  • Tamar Shochat

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Laboratory, Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
    • ,
  • Ofir Getzler

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Laboratory, Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
    • ,
  • Pinhas M. Livne

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Urology, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tiqva, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • ,
  • Giora Pillar

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Laboratory, Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

Received 5 September 2005 ,Accepted 30 November 2005.

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PII: S0090-4295(05)01708-5

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2005.11.054

Urology
Volume 67, Issue 5 , Pages 974-977 , May 2006

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