Severe obstructive sleep apnea alleviated by oral appliance in a three-year-old boy

Respiration

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 112-116

  Schessl, Joachim ^a   Rose, Edmund ^a   Korinthenberg, Rudolf ^a   Henschen, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fraenkel appliance; Obstructive sleep apnea; Oral appliance

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVICE THERAPY; EPIGLOTTIS; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES, REMOVABLE; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 46249099361     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000098407     Document Type: Article

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