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Author’s response to Letter-to-the-editor regarding “Are the Epworth Sleepiness Scale and Stop-Bang Model effective at predicting the severity of obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA); in particular OSA requiring treatment?”

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  1. Acute Medicine, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 369 Fulham Road, London, UK

    Binita Panchasara & Gary Davies

  2. Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK

    Binita Panchasara

  3. Picket Institute Europe, Oxford, UK

    Alan J. Poots

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Panchasara, B., Poots, A.J. & Davies, G. Author’s response to Letter-to-the-editor regarding “Are the Epworth Sleepiness Scale and Stop-Bang Model effective at predicting the severity of obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA); in particular OSA requiring treatment?”. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 275, 837–838 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-018-4880-0

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