Snoring intensity after a first session of soft palate radiofrequency: Predictive value of the final result

Laryngoscope

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1556-1559

  Blumen, Marc Bernard ^a   Vezina, Jean Philippe ^a   Bequignon, Emilie ^a   Chabolle, Frederic ^a  

^a FOCH HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

predictive value; radiofrequency; Snoring; soft palate; treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SNORING; SOFT PALATE; SOUND INTENSITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE, SOFT; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SNORING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878124295     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.23800     Document Type: Article

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