Snoring and severity of symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid stenosis: A population-based study

Sleep

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1147-1151

  Mason, Rebecca H ^a   Mehta, Ziyah ^b   Fonseca, Ana Catarina ^b   Stradling, John R ^a   Rothwell, Peter M ^b  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotid atheroma; Snoring

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SNORING; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

CAROTID ATHEROMA; SNORING;

AGED; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SNORING; STROKE;

EID: 84864741308     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: 15509109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5665/sleep.2006     Document Type: Article

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