Axial CT measurements of the cross-sectional area of the oropharynx in adults with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1107-1111

  Avrahami, Elieser ^a,b   Solomonovich, Alexander ^a   Englender, Moshe ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Pharynx, computed tomography; Sleep studies

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OROPHARYNX; OXYGEN SATURATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0029974340     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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