Videoendoscopic assessment of uncommon sites of upper airway obstruction during sleep

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 131-136

  Maurer, Joachim T ^a   Stuck, Boris A ^a   Mein, Gerd ^a   Hörmann, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epiglottis; Larynx; Obstructive sleep apnea; Videoendoscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 28744455770     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-11565     Document Type: Article

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