The upper airway and sleep-disordered breathing: Getting the big picture

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 509-510

  Sanders, Mark H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BREATHING DISORDER; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING; LUNG PRESSURE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOFT PALATE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

HUMANS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 0042376075     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.2306022     Document Type: Editorial

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