Pharyngeal size and shape during wakefulness and sleep in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea

QJM

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 719-735

  Horner, R L ^a   Shea, S A ^a   McIvor, J ^b   Guz, A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TEMAZEPAM;

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TIDAL VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNX; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PHARYNX; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0024344723     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.qjmed.a068365     Document Type: Article

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