The value of sleep nasendoscopy in the evaluation of patients with suspected sleep-related breathing disorders

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 485-489

  Sadaoka, T ^a   Kakitsuba, N ^a   Fujiwara, Y ^a   Kanai, R ^a   Takahashi, H ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diazepam; diurnal polysomnography; Nocturnal polysomnography; Sleep nasendoscopy; Sleep related breathing disorders

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOSE CAVITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER;

EID: 0030512674     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2273.1996.tb01095.x     Document Type: Article

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