Changes in the nasal airway mucosa and in nasal symptoms following continuous positive airway pressure (N-CPAP) for obstructive sleep apnoea

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-20

  Malik, Nadeem Wazir ^a,b,c   Kenyon, G S ^a,b  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Armed Forces Hosp Southern Region ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Apnoea; Sleep apnoea syndrome; Snoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRY NOSE; EPISTAXIS; HUMAN; NOSE CONGESTION; NOSE DISEASE; NOSE MUCOSA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINOMANOMETRY; RHINORRHEA; SENSORY NERVE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNEEZING; SNORING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 6444222439     PISSN: 10372105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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