Body position and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 335-338

  Cuhadaroglu, Caglar ^a,b   Keles, Nesil ^a   Erdamar, Burak ^a   Aydemir, Nese ^a   Yucel, Emre ^a   Oguz, Fatma ^a   Deger, Kemal ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Sleep Laboratory   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Body position; Positional apnea; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSTRUCTIVE APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SUPINE POSITION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRONE POSITION; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 0141743682     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.10366     Document Type: Article

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