The impacts of open-mouth breathing on upper airway space in obstructive sleep apnea: 3-D MDCT analysis

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 268, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 533-539

  Kim, Eun Joong ^a   Choi, Ji Ho ^a   Kim, Kang Woo ^a   Kim, Tae Hoon ^a   Lee, Sang Hag ^a,b   Lee, Heung Man ^a   Shin, Chol ^a   Lee, Ki Yeol ^a   Lee, Seung Hoon ^a,b  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Mouth breathing; Obstructive sleep apnea; Three dimensional imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HARD PALATE; HUMAN; HYOID BONE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH BREATHING; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYOID BONE; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH BREATHING; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RESPIRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955933436     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-010-1397-6     Document Type: Article

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