Functions of the uvula and Z-pharyngoplasty

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 346-347

  Mukai, Susumu ^a,b   Mukai, Chikako ^a   Nitta, Masayoshi ^a  

^a Mukai Research Institute of Biology   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pharynx; Snoring; UPPP; Uvula; Z pharyngoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EATING; HUMAN; PALATE; PHARYNX RECONSTRUCTION; PULSE RATE; SLEEP TIME; SNORING; SWALLOWING; Z PLASTY;

EID: 0033931426     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2000.00708.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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