Bariatric surgery for treatment of sleep apnea syndrome in 15 morbidly obese patients: Long-term results

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 299-302

  Scheuller, Michael ^a   Weider, Dudley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILIOPANCREATIC BYPASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROPLASTY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TIME;

ADULT; BILIOPANCREATIC DIVERSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035488764     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhn.2001.119139     Document Type: Article

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