Electric stimulation of the upper airway muscle

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 370-375

  Knaack, Lennart ^a   Podszus, Thomas ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032195195     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063198-199811000-00012     Document Type: Article

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