An investigation into the relationship between the severity of obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome and the vertical position of the hyoid bone

Surgeon

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 145-151

  Young, J W ^a   McDonald, J P ^a  

^a VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hyoid bone; OSAHS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY CONDUCTANCE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CEPHALOMETRY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDENTULOUSNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYOID BONE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELLA TURCICA; SKULL BASE; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STANDING; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

EID: 3042694362     PISSN: 1479666X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1479-666X(04)80075-1     Document Type: Article

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