Can sleep apnea be treated without modifying anatomy?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 353, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 2604-2606

  Gottlieb, Daniel J ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BREATHING; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEART PACING; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; PACEMAKER; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, CENTRAL; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 28944443531     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe058271     Document Type: Editorial

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