Family aggregation of upper airway soft tissue structures in normal subjects and patients with sleep apnea

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 453-463

  Schwab, Richard J ^a   Pasirstein, Michael ^b   Kaplan, Laura ^b   Pierson, Robert ^b   Mackley, Adonna ^b   Hachadoorian, Robert ^b   Arens, Raanan ^b   Maislin, Greg ^b   Pack, Allan I ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Family aggregation; Genetics; Magnetic resonance imaging; Obstructive sleep apnea; Upper airway

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARYNX; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOFT TISSUE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TONGUE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNX; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; TONGUE;

EID: 32444432176     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200412-1736OC     Document Type: Article

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