Radiofrequency tissue volume reduction of the soft palate in simple snoring

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 602-606

  Hukins, Craig A ^a   Mitchell, Ian C ^a   Hillman, David R ^a  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; PALATOPLASTY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SOFT PALATE; SOUND INTENSITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034023436     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.126.5.602     Document Type: Article

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