Sites and sizes of fat deposits around the pharynx in obese patients with obstructive sleep apnoea and weight matched controls.

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Published in Eur Respir J on July 01, 1989

Authors

R L Horner1, R H Mohiaddin, D G Lowell, S A Shea, E D Burman, D B Longmore, A Guz

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, London, U.K.

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