Relationship between oral breathing and nasal obstruction in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

Acta Oto-Laryngologica, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 523, 1996, Pages 228-230

  Ohki, Motofumi ^a   Usui, Nobuo ^a   Kanazawa, Hirotoshi ^a   Hara, Itsuo ^a   Kawano, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nasal fraction; Nasal resistance; Oro nasal breathing

Indexed keywords

AGED; BREATHING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; NOSE AIRWAY RESISTANCE; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; ARTICLE; NEWBORN; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; SNORING;

HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; RESPIRATION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SNORING;

EID: 0029657850     PISSN: 03655237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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