Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Scientists at National Taiwan University publish new data on obstructive sleep apnea
Published in Telemedicine Week, January 22nd, 2008
In this recent report, researchers in Taipei, Taiwan conducted a study "To determine if there is an indicator on the lateral cephalometric radiograph that can be used for the differential diagnosis of severe obstruct sleep apnea syndrome and simple snoring in nonobese young male adults. The subjects were Taiwanese male patients with a complaint of snoring and/or sleep apnea, whose body mass index was less than 25 kg/m(2) and who were younger than 40 years old."
"Forty-six patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea and 36 patients with simple snoring were selected and underwent lateral cephalometric radiography, from which 24 linear and 34 angular measurements were...
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Source: Telemedicine Week (2008-01-22)
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