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Obstructive sleep apnea caused by substernal goiter presenting as nonarteritic ischemic optic neuropathy

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  1. VA New Jersey Health Care System, 385 Tremont Avenue (561/111), East Orange, NJ, 07018, USA

    Allen J. Blaivas

  2. The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA

    Faisal Uddin

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Correspondence to Allen J. Blaivas.

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This case was presented in the affiliates oral case report section by Dr. Uddin at Chest 2010, Vancouver, BC, Canada in November 2010 and was included in significantly abbreviated abstract form in the Chest 2010 meeting supplement.

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Blaivas, A.J., Uddin, F. Obstructive sleep apnea caused by substernal goiter presenting as nonarteritic ischemic optic neuropathy. Sleep Breath 17, 469–471 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-012-0758-3

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