Airway assessment by volumetric computed tomography in snorers and subjects with obstructive sleep apnea in a Far-East Asian population (Chinese)

Laryngoscope

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 721-726

  Chen, Ning Hung ^a   Li, Kasey K ^a   Li, Shia Yu ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway; Asian; Sleep apnea; Snorers; Volumetric CT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SNORING; TAIWAN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036212674     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200204000-00023     Document Type: Article

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