Gender differences in obstructive sleep apnea and treatment implications

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 481-496

  Lin, Christine M ^a   Davidson, Terence M ^a,b,c   Ancoli Israel, Sonia ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Obstructive sleep apnea; Sleep disordered breathing

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANT WOMAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; REM SLEEP; RESPIRATION CONTROL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; AROUSAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 55749089871     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2007.11.003     Document Type: Review

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