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Maria Claudia Soares Oliveira1, Sergio Tufik2, Fernanda Louise Martinho Haddad3

  • 1Departamento de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil mariaclaudiasoares@yahoo.com.

Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery : Official Journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
|March 31, 2015
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Keywords:
facial skeletonnoseobstructive sleep apnea syndromeoropharynxpopulation-based sampleupper airway examination

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