Flextube reflectometry for level diagnosis in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea and snoring

Rhinology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 122-128

  Faber, Christian Emil ^a   Hilberg, O ^a   Grymer, L ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Diagnosis; Endoscopy; Obstructive sleep apnoea; Upper airway

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BRONCHOSPASM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEVICE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HOME; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PALATE; PRESSURE; RECORDING; REFLECTOMETRY; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SOUND DETECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TONGUE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ADULT; AGED; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHINOMETRY, ACOUSTIC; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SNORING;

EID: 0036735885     PISSN: 03000729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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