Assessment of the role of inheritance in sleep apnea syndrome

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 151, Issue 3 I, 1995, Pages 688-691

  Pillar, Giora ^a   Lavie, Peretz ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LUNG COMPLIANCE; MALE; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING;

EID: 0028957775     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.151.3.7881657     Document Type: Article

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