Upper airway in obstructive sleep apnea - Controversies continue

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-124

  Pillar, Giora ^a   Lavie, Peretz ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; WAKEFULNESS;

AGE FACTORS; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; HUMANS; MANDIBULAR ADVANCEMENT; OCCLUSAL SPLINTS; PHARYNX; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 43549092829     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2008.00668.x     Document Type: Editorial

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