Site of upper airway obstruction in patients with idiopathic obstructive sleep apnea

Laryngoscope

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 1988, Pages 641-647

  Chaban, Roman ^a   Cole, Philip ^a   Hoffstein, Victor ^b  

^a Airflow Laboratories ^*  (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRESSURE; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

ADULT; ESOPHAGUS; HUMAN; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGE; PHARYNX; PRESSURE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 0023901145     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1288/00005537-198806000-00013     Document Type: Article

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