Quantitative sensory testing in the oropharynx: A means of showing nervous lesions in patients with obstructive sleep apnea and snoring

Chest

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 481-489

  Hagander, Louise ^a   Harlid, Richard ^b   Svanborg, Eva ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Fysiologlab in Stockholm   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD DETECTION THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NERVE LESION; OROPHARYNX; PALATINE TONSIL; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE SENSORY TESTING; REFLEX; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; THERMAL THRESHOLD; VIBRATION; VIBRATION DETECTION THRESHOLD; VIBRATION SENSE;

EID: 68849117722     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-2747     Document Type: Article

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