Upper airway and its surrounding structures in obese and nonobese patients with sleep-disordered breathing

Laryngoscope

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1052-1059

  Liao, Yu Fang ^a,c   Chuang, Ming Lung ^a   Huang, Chiung Shing ^a   Tsai, Ya Yu ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asian; Cephalometry; Muller maneuver; Obesity; Obstructive sleep apnea; Polysomnography; Snorer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; APNEA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; BREATHING DISORDER; CEPHALOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DYNAMICS; EPIGLOTTIS; FACIAL BONE; HUMAN; HYOID BONE; INHALATION; JAW MOVEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULLER MANEUVER; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SNORING; SOFT PALATE; TAIWAN; THICKNESS; TONGUE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ADULT; CEPHALOMETRY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOUTH; OBESITY; PHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SKULL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 2942555116     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200406000-00018     Document Type: Article

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