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Samsung Health Monitor App for the Detection of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Carl Bryce, MD
Alec Oliva, DO

American Family Physician. 2025;112(6):674-675.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

CARL BRYCE, MD, FAAFP, Abrazo Family Medicine Residency, Phoenix, Arizona; Midwestern University Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Glendale

ALEC OLIVA, DO, Abrazo Family Medicine Residency

Address correspondence to Carl Bryce, MD, FAAFP, at cbryce@midwestern.edu.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

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This series is coordinated by Natasha Pyzocha, DO, contributing editor.

A collection of Diagnostic Tests published in AFP is available at https://www.aafp.org/afp/diagnostic.

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