Managing disturbing snoring with palatal implants: A pilot study

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 753-758

  Ho, Wai Kuen ^a   Wei, William I ^a   Chung, Ka Fai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE;

ADULT; APNEA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BREATHING DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPNEA; IMPLANT; INFECTION; MALE; PALATE; SAFETY; SNORING; SOFT PALATE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE, SOFT; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SNORING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2642563802     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.130.6.753     Document Type: Article

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