The significance of body posture on breathing abnormalities during sleep: Data analysis of 2077 obstructive sleep apnea patients;Hebrew Source

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Volumn 148, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 304-309

  Oksenberg, Arie ^a   Arons, Elena ^a   Greenberg Dotan, Sari ^b   Nasser, Khitam ^a   Radwan, Henryk ^a  

^a LOEWENSTEIN REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Obstructive sleep apnea; Sleep body posture; Sleep disorders; Sleep supine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REM SLEEP; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SUPINE POSITION;

ADULT; AROUSAL; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP, REM; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 70349315010     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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