Snoring imaging could bernoulli explain it all?

Chest

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 896-901

  Fajdiga, Igor ^a  

^a University Clinic for Otorhinolaryngology and Cervicofacial Surgery   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

CT; palate; Obstructive; snoring; Soft; pharynx; respiration disorders; sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; HARD PALATE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; LOUDNESS; MALE; NOSE BREATHING; PATIENT CODING; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNORING; SOFT PALATE; THICKNESS; TONGUE;

EID: 23744454714     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.2.896     Document Type: Article

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