Properties of tissues surrounding the upper airway

Sleep

Volumn 19, Issue 10 SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Schwab, Richard J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CPAP; lateral pharyngeal walls; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Soft palate; Tongue; Upper airway

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY DYNAMICS; BIOMECHANICS; BREATHING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARYNX; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOFT PALATE; TONGUE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0030439413     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/19.suppl_10.170     Document Type: Conference Paper

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