The importance of nasal resistance in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: A study with positional rhinomanometry

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-11

  De Vito, Andrea ^a   Berrettini, Stefano ^a   Carabelli, Anna ^a   Sellari Franceschini, Stefano ^a   Bonanni, Enrica ^a   Gori, Sara ^a   Pasquali, Livia ^a   Murri, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Nasal resistance; Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome; Positional anterior active rhinomanometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; CEPHALOMETRY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE CAVITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RHINOMANOMETRY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; CEPHALOMETRY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTURE; RHINOMANOMETRY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 0035754990     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-001-0003-y     Document Type: Article

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