TGlossoptosis (posterior displacement of the tongue) during sleep: A frequent cause of sleep apnea in pediatric patients referred for dynamic sleep fluoroscopy

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 175, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1557-1559

  Donnelly, L F ^a   Strife, J L ^a   Myer III, C M ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INFANT; MACROGLOSSIA; MALE; MICROGNATHIA; NEWBORN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PIERRE ROBIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGNATHIA; RUBINSTEIN SYNDROME; SEDATION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TONGUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; SLEEP;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; TONGUE;

EID: 0033647574     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.175.6.1751557     Document Type: Article

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