Pharyngeal sensitivity assessment: a new tool for detecting sleep apnea?

M. Dematteis, J. L. Pepin, P. Levy (Grenoble, La Tronche, France)

Source: Annual Congress 2002 - Diagnosis and epidemiology of sleep apnea
Session: Diagnosis and epidemiology of sleep apnea
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 3559
Disease area: Sleep and breathing disorders

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