Is laryngeal descent associated with increased risk for obstructive sleep apnea?

Chest

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1407-1413

  Yamashiro, Yoshihiro ^a   Kryger, Meir ^b,c  

^a Ota General Hospital   (Japan)

^b Gaylord Hospital Wallingford   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AIRWAY LENGTH; AIRWAY LENGTH TO VOCAL CORD; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HORIZONTAL SEGMENT OF SUPRALARYNGEAL VOCAL CORD TRACT; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LARYNGEAL DESCENT; LARYNX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATIO OF SUPRALARYNGEAL VOCAL CORD TRACT; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; VERTICAL SEGMENT OF SUPRALARYNGEAL VOCAL CORD TRACT; VOCAL CORD;

EID: 84862003673     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.10-3238     Document Type: Article

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