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Research Article

Upper Airway Collapsibility in Habitual Snorers and Sleep Apneics: Evaluation with Drug-induced Sleep Endoscopy

Helmut Steinhart, Julia Kuhn-Lohmann, Karin Gewalt, Jannis Constantinidis, Friedrich Mertzlufft, Heinrich Iro Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Sleep Laboratory, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany; Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Sleep Laboratory, University of Saarland, Homburg, Germany; Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Saarland, Homburg, Germany
Pages 990-994 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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