Pharyngeal wall fold influences on the collapsibility of the pharynx

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 372-376

  Kairaitis, Kristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING; BRONCHUS; COLLAPSIBILITY; ESOPHAGUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHARYNX; PHARYNX DISEASE; PHARYNX OBSTRUCTION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SUBMUCOSA; SWALLOWING;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHARYNX;

EID: 84864619280     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2012.05.040     Document Type: Article

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