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MOUTH/PHARYNX

Frequency of serious complications after surgery for snoring and sleep apnea

Karl A. Franklin Department of Surgery, Umeå University, UmeåCorrespondence[email protected]
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Bengt Haglund Centre for Epidemiology, National Board of Health and Welfare, Stockholm
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Susanna Axelsson Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care, Stockholm
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Thorbjörn Holmlund Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Umeå University Hospital, Umeå
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Nina Rehnqvist Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care, Stockholm; Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Måns Rosén Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care, Stockholm; Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Pages 298-302 | Received 05 Aug 2010, Accepted 27 Aug 2010, Published online: 07 Dec 2010

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