Upper airway epithelial structural changes in obstructive sleep-disordered breathing

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 501-509

  Paulsen, Friedrich P ^a,b,c,d   Steven, Philipp ^a,b,c,d   Tsokos, Michael ^a,b,c,d   Jungmann, Karl ^a,b,c,d   Müller, Andreas ^a,b,c,d   Verse, Thomas ^a,b,c,d   Pirsig, Wolfgang ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Obstructive sleep apnea; Snoring; Soft palate; Uvula

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMINA PROPRIA; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; PALATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOPSY; BODY MASS INDEX; CADAVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SNORING; UVULA;

EID: 0037102149     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.2109099     Document Type: Article

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