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Upper Airway Collapsibility is Associated with Obesity and Hyoid Position

STUDY OBJECTIVES: Upper airway anatomy plays a major role in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) pathogenesis. An inferiorly displaced hyoid as measured by the mandibular plane to hyoid distance (MPH) has been consistently associated with OSA. The hyoid is also a common landmark for pharyngeal length, upp...

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Autores principales: Genta, Pedro R., Schorr, Fabiola, Eckert, Danny J., Gebrim, Eloisa, Kayamori, Fabiane, Moriya, Henrique T., Malhotra, Atul, Lorenzi-Filho, Geraldo
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Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: Associated Professional Sleep Societies, LLC 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4173923/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25197805
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.5665/sleep.4078
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