Oropharyngeal scintigraphy: A computerized analysis of swallowing in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

Laryngoscope

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-41

  Zohar, Yuval ^a   Grusko, Ilia ^a   Sulkes, Jaqueline ^b   Melloul, Moshe M ^a  

^a HASHARON HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; SCREENING TEST; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SWALLOWING; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

ADULT; AGED; DEGLUTITION; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNX; PALATE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 0031973484     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199801000-00007     Document Type: Article

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