Obesity and craniofacial variables in subjects with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: Comparisons of cephalometric values

Head and Face Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Cuccia, Antonino M ^a   Campisi, Giuseppina ^a   Cannavale, Rosangela ^b   Colella, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEPHALOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOFT PALATE; TONGUE;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEPHALOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONGUE;

EID: 38949151924     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1746160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-160X-3-41     Document Type: Article

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