Collapsibility of passive pharynx in patients with acromegaly

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 64-68

  Isono, Shiroh ^a   Saeki, Naokatsu ^a   Tanaka, Atsuko ^a   Nishino, Takashi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; OXYGEN;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PHARYNX DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TRANSCUTANEOUS OXYGEN MONITORING; TRANSSPHENOIDAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY;

EID: 0032770917     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.160.1.9806054     Document Type: Article

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