Upper airway imaging in obstructive sleep apnea

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 397-401

  Ahmed, Murtuza M ^a   Schwab, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Pathogenesis; Risk factors; Sleep apnea; Treatment; Upper airway imaging

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AGING; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER MODEL; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPY; ETHNOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GENDER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATHOGENESIS; PHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

AGING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750367939     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcp.0000245706.77064.51     Document Type: Review

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