The utility of cephalometry with the Muller maneuver in evaluating the upper airway and its surrounding structures in Chinese patients with sleep-disordered breathing

Laryngoscope

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 614-619

  Liao, Yu Fang ^a   Huang, Chiung Shing ^a   Chuang, Ming Lung ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Pharyngeal pressure; Polysomnography; Sleep apnea; Snorer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SOFT PALATE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CEPHALOMETRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PALATE, SOFT; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKULL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONGUE;

EID: 0037384496     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200304000-00006     Document Type: Article

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