Simple snoring: Current practice

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 164-168

  Trotter, M I ^a   D'Souza, A R ^a   Morgan, D W ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disease Management; Snoring

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEVICE; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MORTALITY; ORTHODONTICS; OUTPATIENT; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PULSE OXIMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SNORING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPLINT; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; OXIMETRY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RESPIRATION; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SNORING;

EID: 0037336677     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002221503321192421     Document Type: Review

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