A comparison of radiofrequency treatment schemes for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 579-585

  Steward, David L ^a   Weaver, Edward M ^b   Woodson, B Tucker ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES OF SLEEP QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOMNOLENCE; TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED RADIOFREQUENCY TISSUE ABLATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2442692888     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2004.01.012     Document Type: Article

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