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Parapharyngeal fat pad area at the subglosso-supraglottic level is associated with corresponding lateral wall collapse and apnea-hypopnea index in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: a pilot study

The aim of this study was to assess associations between fat pad areas at various anatomic levels and the sites of lateral wall collapse and disease severity in adult patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Forty-one patients with OSA who prospectively underwent drug-induced sleep computed tomo...

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Autores principales: Chen, Hung-Chin, Wang, Chao-Jan, Lo, Yu-Lun, Hsu, Hao-Chun, Huang, Chung-Guei, Kuo, I-Chun, Lu, Yi-An, Hsin, Li-Jen, Lin, Wan-Ni, Fang, Tuan-Jen, Li, Hsueh-Yu, Lee, Li-Ang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6881471/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31776365
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-53515-5