Craniofacial morphology and head posture in Chinese subjects with obstructive sleep apnea

Seminars in Orthodontics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 90-96

  Ang, Poh Kang ^a,b,c,d   Sandham, Andrew ^a,b,c,d   Tan, Wan Cheng ^a,b,c,d  

^a National Dental Centre of Singapore   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; HYOID BONE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SINGAPORE; SKULL BASE; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 16544362800     PISSN: 10738746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sodo.2003.10.008     Document Type: Article

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