Mouth leaks may complicate positive airway pressure treatment of OSAS in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 147-149

  Della Marca, Giacomo ^a   Frusciante, Roberto ^a   Vollono, Catello ^a,b   Dittoni, Serena ^a   Tonali, Pietro Attilio ^a,b   Ricci, Enzo ^a,b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy; Mouth leaks; OSAS; Positive airway pressure; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACE MASK; FACE MUSCLE; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; HUMANS; MALE; MASKS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 58149334930     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2007.10.024     Document Type: Article

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