Histopathology of the uvula and the soft palate in patients with mild, moderate, and severe obstructive sleep apnea

Laryngoscope

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 357-363

  Berger, Gilead ^a   Gilbey, Peter ^a   Hammel, Ilan ^b   Ophir, Dov ^a  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Histopathology; Morphometric analysis; Obstructive sleep apnea; Soft palate; Uvula; Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PALATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOFT PALATE; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE, SOFT; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; UVULA;

EID: 0036166134     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200202000-00028     Document Type: Article

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