Obstructive sleep apnea in a patient with the Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 245-247

  Eisele, Hans Joachim ^a   Reichenberger, Frank ^a   Mayer, Konstantin ^a   Weissmann, Norbert ^a   Seeger, Werner ^a   Schulz, Richard ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Macroglossia; Melkersson Rosenthal syndrome; Obstructive sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

INFLIXIMAB; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; FACIAL BONE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MACROGLOSSIA; MALE; MELKERSSON ROSENTHAL SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TONGUE DISEASE;

CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; HUMANS; MACROGLOSSIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELKERSSON-ROSENTHAL SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 78650222809     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: 15221709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-009-0309-8     Document Type: Article

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