[Which clinical approach and which diagnostic procedures for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome?].

Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart, France. b Département de Pneumologie, CHU, Angers, France. c Service de Physiologie et d’Exploration Fonctionnelle, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Groupement hospitalier universitaire Ouest, Boulogne-Billancourt, France. d Service de Pneumologie, CHRU, Montpellier, France. e Cabinet médical, Mornac, France. f Service de Pneumologie, CHU Bretonneau, Tours, France. g Service de Neurophysiologie, CHU, Poitiers, France. h Service de Pneumologie, CH, Le Mans, Paris, France. i Service de physiologie-explorations fonctionnelles respiratoires, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.

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