Leuven University Centre for Sleep and wake disord - University Hospitals Leuven
Pulmonology
Leuven University Centre for Sleep and wake disord
Contact: Bertien
Buyse
Position: Pulmonologist
Address: Herestraat 49, 3000
City: Leuven
Country: Belgium
Phone: + 32 16 342522
Contact Email: Contact laboratory
RESEARCH DOMAIN: Clinical
KEYWORDS: Sleep and Body Functions (Cardio-Respiratory, Thermoregulation/Metabolism, Endocrine), Neurological Sleep Disorders, Sleep and Medical Disorders
CURRENT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Laboratory Description:
– Hypoventilation in neuromuscular disorders
– NIV
– OSA and transplantation
– OSA and pulmonary hypertension
KEY Publications of the Laboratory:
– Treatment of chronic respiratory failure in kyphoscoliosis: oxygen or ventilation? Buyse B, Meersseman W, Demedts M.
Eur Respir J. 2003 Sep;22(3):525-8.
– Effect of obesity and/or sleep apnea on chemosensitivity: differences between men and women. Buyse B, Markous N, Cauberghs M, Van Klaveren R, Muls E, Demedts M.
Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2003 Feb 19;134(1):13-22.
– Atrophy and hypertrophy signalling in the diaphragm of patients with COPD. Testelmans D, Crul T, Maes K, Agten A, Crombach M, Decramer M, Gayan-Ramirez G. Eur Respir J. 2010 Mar;35(3):549-56.
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