Effectiveness of tonsillectomy in adult sleep apnea syndrome

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 222-223

  Miyazaki, Soichiro ^a   Itasaka, Yoshiaki ^a   Tada, Hiroyuki ^a   Ishikawa, Kazuo ^a   Togawa, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cephalometry; Sleep apnea; Tonsillectomy; Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; CEPHALOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; OBESITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TONSILLECTOMY; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

EID: 0031834099     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1998.tb01042.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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