Sequential upper airway changes during mandibular distraction for obstructive sleep apnea

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 142-144

  Woodson, B Tucker ^a,b   Hanson, Pamela R ^a   Melugin, Michael B ^a   Gama, Armando A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

EID: 0037288098     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhn.2003.24     Document Type: Article

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