The anatomic basis for the acquisition of speech and obstructive sleep apnea: Evidence from cephalometric analysis supports The Great Leap Forward Hypothesis

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 497-505

  Davidson, Terence M ^a,b   Sedgh, Jacob ^a   Tran, Duyen ^a   Stepnowsky Jr , Carl J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Apnea hypopnea index; Cephalometrics; Craniobase angulation; Klinorynchy; Laryngeal descent; Obstructive sleep apnea; Supralaryngeal vocal cord tract

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANATOMY; APNEA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; CEPHALOMETRY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LARYNX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; VOCAL CORD;

ADULT; CEPHALOMETRY; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; LARYNX; MALE; PHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SKULL; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SPEECH;

EID: 27944509539     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2005.03.007     Document Type: Article

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