A piece of the surgical puzzle

Sleep

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 844-846

  Woodson, B Tucker ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PHARYNX RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY; Z PLASTY;

HUMANS; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PALATE, SOFT; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONSIL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVULA;

EID: 4143147443     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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