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Correlation between severity of sleep apnea and upper airway morphology: Cephalometry and MD-CT study during awake and sleep states

Jun-Young Heo Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea
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Jung-Soo Kim Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, KoreaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 84-90 | Received 18 Jun 2010, Accepted 16 Jul 2010, Published online: 20 Oct 2010

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