Changes in nasal and oral respiratory resistance before and after uvulopalatopharyngoplasty

Acta Oto-Laryngologica, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 523, 1996, Pages 236-238

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

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air flow; Posture; Sleep test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRFLOW; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; NOSE AIRWAY RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; LUNG VENTILATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALATE; PHARYNX; SOFT PALATE;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNX; POSTURE; PULMONARY VENTILATION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; UVULA;

EID: 0029657856     PISSN: 03655237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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