Improvement in daytime sleepiness by the use of an oral appliance in a patient with upper airway resistance syndrome

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 85-87

  Rose, Edmund ^a,b   Frucht, Sibylle ^a   Sobanski, Thomas ^b   Barthlen, Gabriele ^b   Schmidt, Rita ^a  

^a Department of Orthodontics   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Measurement of daytime sleepiness; Oral appliance; Upper airway resistance syndrome

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142015372     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03045028     Document Type: Article

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