Oropharyngeal fatty infiltration in obstructive sleep apnea patients a histologic study

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 170-174

  Zohar, Yuval ^a,b   Schwartz, Israel Ariel ^a   Sabo, Reni ^a   Gal, Rlvka ^a   Strauss, Michael ^a   Oksenberg, Arie ^a  

^a Clinic of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery ^*

^b Clin Otolaryngol Hd Neck Surg   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fatty tissue; Histology; Obstructive sleep apnea; Oropharynx; Pharyngeal muscular tissue; Soft palate

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OBESITY; OROPHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOFT PALATE;

EID: 6844265597     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348949810700214     Document Type: Article

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