Obstructive sleep apnea: A sleep disorder with major effects on health

Disease-a-Month

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 105-147

  Cartwright, Rosalind ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; NARCOLEPSY; NONREM SLEEP; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; HUMAN; TEACHING;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 0035315905     PISSN: 00115029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-5029(01)90002-1     Document Type: Review

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