An American Sleep Disorders Association Review Oral Appliances for the Treatment of Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Review

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  • Wolfgang Schmidt-Nowara
  • Francisco Perez-Guerra
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* Pulmonary Division. Department of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.; tDepartment of Clinical Dental Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; t.Department of Medicine, Pulmonary/Critical Care Division, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.; §Sleep Disorders Service and Research Center, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.; IIDivision of Pulmonary Disease, Scott and White Clinic, Temple, Texas, U.S.A.; and flDivision of Sleep Disorders, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California, U.S.A.

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تاریخ انتشار 2001