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Obesity and upper airway control during sleep

Mechanisms linking obesity with upper airway dysfunction in obstructive sleep apnea are reviewed. Obstructive sleep apnea is due to alterations in upper airway anatomy and neuromuscular control. Upper airway structural alterations in obesity are related to adipose deposition around the pharynx, whic...

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Hauptverfasser: Schwartz, Alan R., Patil, Susheel P., Squier, Samuel, Schneider, Hartmut, Kirkness, Jason P., Smith, Philip L.
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: American Physiological Society 2010
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2822668/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19875707
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00919.2009
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