Evaluation of the upper airway cross-sectional area changes in different degrees of severity of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: Cephalometric and dynamic CT study

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2624-2629

  Yucel, Aylin ^a   Unlu, Mehmet ^a   Haktanir, Alpay ^a   Acar, Murat ^a   Fidan, Fatma ^a  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CEPHALOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATION; HUMAN; HYOID BONE; HYPOPHARYNX; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; MALE; OROPHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SOFT PALATE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; AGED; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXHALATION; HOSPITALIZATION; INHALATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CEPHALOMETRY; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNX; INHALATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SNORING; STATISTICS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33644836261     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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