Habitual Snorers and Sleep Apnoics Have Abnormal Vascular Reactions of the Soft Palatal Mucosa on Afferent Nerve Stimulation
- 1 March 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The Laryngoscope
- Vol. 108 (3) , 431-436
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00005537-199803000-00022
Abstract
A local disturbance in the afferent nerves involved in the reflexogenic dilation of the upper airways (UAs) could contribute to the increased collapsibility seen in patients with obstructive sleep ap...Keywords
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