Upper airway size analysis by magnetic resonance imaging of children with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-70

  Arens, Raanan ^a,b   McDonough, Joseph M ^a,b   Corbin, Aaron M ^a,b   Rubin, Nathania K ^a,b   Carroll, Mary Ellen ^a,b   Pack, Allan I ^a,b   Liu, Jianguo ^a,b   Udupa, Jayaram K ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome; Upper airway

Indexed keywords

ADENOID; AIRWAY CONSTRICTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TONSIL; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 0037214371     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200206-613OC     Document Type: Article

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