Should primary snoring be treated?

Sleep

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2000, Pages

  Rombaux, Philippe ^a   Rodenstein, Daniel O ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHETER ABLATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MANDIBLE PROSTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SOMNOLENCE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PHARYNX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SNORING; UVULA;

EID: 0034659319     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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