The upper airway resistance syndrome

Chest

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1127-1139

  Exar, Elliott N ^a   Collop, Nancy A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousals; Continuous positive airway pressure; Esophageal pressure; Excessive daytime somnolence; Laser assisted uvulopalatoplasty; Snoring; Somnoplasty; Upper airway resistance syndrome; UPPP

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; BREATHING DISORDER; CATHETER ABLATION; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMOTACHYGRAPHY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SOMNOLENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0032933118     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.115.4.1127     Document Type: Review

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