Correlation between otorhinolaryngologic evaluation and severity of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in snorers

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 95-98

  Dreher, Alfred ^a,e   De La Chaux, Richard ^a   Klemens, Christine ^a   Werner, Robert ^f   Baker, Fiona ^b,c   Barthlen, Gabriele ^d   Rasp, Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANK SUM TEST; RECORDING; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TONGUE; TONSIL;

COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SNORING;

EID: 13444288018     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.131.2.95     Document Type: Article

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