Upper airway assessment: Radiographic and other imaging techniques

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 931-968

  Schwab, R J ^a   Goldberg, A N ^a  

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CEPHALOMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOSCOPY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MANDIBLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0032425374     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-6665(05)70100-6     Document Type: Article

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