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Response to the letter entitled “COPD-and-smoking-induced ‘down regulation’ of CO2-related vasoconstriction in the brain during CPAP for sleep apnea may paradoxically reduce risk of cardiovascular events”

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A Basic Science • Letter to the Editors to this article was published on 26 February 2020

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  1. Division of Medicine, Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Turku University Hospital, University of Turku, Hämeentie 11, FIN-20520, Turku, Finland

    Minna Myllylä, Ulla Anttalainen, Tarja Saaresranta & Tarja Laitinen

  2. Centre for Clinical Informatics, Hospital District of Southwest Finland, Turku, Finland

    Anna Hammais & Mikhail Stepanov

  3. Sleep Research Centre, Department of Pulmonary Diseases and Clinical Allergology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

    Ulla Anttalainen & Tarja Saaresranta

  4. Hospital Administration, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

    Tarja Laitinen

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Myllylä, M., Hammais, A., Stepanov, M. et al. Response to the letter entitled “COPD-and-smoking-induced ‘down regulation’ of CO2-related vasoconstriction in the brain during CPAP for sleep apnea may paradoxically reduce risk of cardiovascular events”. Sleep Breath 24, 1183–1185 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-020-02028-x

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