Management of obstructive sleep apnea: Comparison of various treatment modalities

Laryngoscope

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 304-309

  Katsantonis, George P ^a   Schweitzer, Paula K ^b   Branham, Gregory H ^a   Chambers, Guy ^b   Walsh, James K ^b  

^a Department of Otolaryngology ^*  (United States)

^b Forest Park Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTRIPTYLINE;

HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES, REMOVABLE; PALATE; PHARYNX; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; TRACHEOSTOMY; UVULA;

EID: 0023933462     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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