Ageing, soft-palate tone and sleep-related breathing disorders

Clinical Physiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 358-364

  Veldi, M ^a   Vasar, V ^a   Hion, T ^a   Kull, M ^a   Vain, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Obstructive sleep apnoea; Soft palate stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BREATHING DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; PHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RIGIDITY; SELF REPORT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SOFT PALATE; TISSUE REACTION; TONOMETRY; VOLUNTEER; WAKEFULNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; PALATE, SOFT; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 0034997094     PISSN: 01445979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2281.2001.00339.x     Document Type: Article

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