Pattern of upper airway obstruction during sleep before and after uvulopalatopharyngoplasty in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 309-315

  Boudewyns, A N ^a   De Backer, W A ^b   Van de Heyning, P H ^a  

^a Head and Neck Surgery ^*  (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Daytime sleepiness; Sleep apnea; Snoring; Upper airway obstruction; Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; NIGHT; OROPHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SOMNOLENCE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

EID: 0034919082     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-9457(00)00095-2     Document Type: Article

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