Differential diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome patients and snorers using cephalograms

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 659-664

  Miyao, Etsuko ^a   Miyao, Masaru ^b   Ohta, Tatsuro ^c   Okawa, Masako ^d   Inafuku, Shigeru ^e   Nakayama, Meiho ^e   Goto, Shigemi ^a  

^a AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cephalogram; Sleep apnea; Snorers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HYOID BONE; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SOFT PALATE; TONGUE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SNORING;

EID: 0034533293     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2000.00774.x     Document Type: Article

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