Injection snoreplasty: How to treat snoring without all the pain and expense

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 503-510

  Brietzke, Scott E ^a   Mair, Eric A ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCLEROSING AGENT; TETRADECYL SULFATE SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SNORING;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; SNORING; SODIUM TETRADECYL SULFATE;

EID: 0035346947     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhn.2001.115400     Document Type: Article

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