Effect of chronic continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy on upper airway size in patients with sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome

Thorax

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 190-192

  Mortimore, I L ^a,b   Kochhar, P ^a   Douglas, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuous positive airway pressure; Sleep apnoea hypopnoea; Upper airway size

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

EID: 0030038510     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.51.2.190     Document Type: Article

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