Methods to increase muscle tonus of upper airway to treat snoring

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 66, Issue 3 B, 2008, Pages 773-776

  Valbuza, Juliana Spelta ^a   De Oliveira, Márcio Moysés ^a   Conti, Cristiane Fiquene ^a   Prado, Lucila Bizari F ^a   De Carvalho, Luciane Bizari Coin ^a   Do Prado, Gilmar Fernandes ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Review; Sleep disorders; Snoring; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; BODY MASS; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MUSCLE TONE; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; OROPHARYNX; PHONATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; REVIEW; SINGING; SNORING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 56149092465     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2008000500037     Document Type: Review

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