Effect of a non-adjustable oral appliance on upper airway morphology in obstructive sleep apnoea

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 897-902

  Sam, K ^a   Lam, B ^a   Ooi, C G ^a   Cooke, M ^a   Ip, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Obstructive sleep apnoea; Oral appliance; Upper airway morphology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CEPHALOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX; MALE; OBESITY; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; ORTHODONTICS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ADULT; CEPHALOMETRY; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBULAR ADVANCEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33645873260     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2005.08.019     Document Type: Article

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