Transoral radiofrequency treatment of snoring

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 235-237

  Johnson, Jonas T ^a   Pollack, Gabrielle L ^a   Wagner, Robin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SNORING; SOFT PALATE;

EID: 0036737791     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhn.2002.126802     Document Type: Article

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