Sleep Medicine Reviews
Volume 6, Issue 3 , Pages 229-242 , June 2002

Upper airway muscles awake and asleep

  • Frédéric Sériès

      Affiliations

    • Correspondence should be addressed to: F. Sériès MD, Centre de Pneumologie, Hôpital et Université Laval, 2725 Chemin Sainte Foy, Sainte Foy (PQ) G1V 4G5, Canada. Tel: 418 656 4747; Fax: 418 656 47 62; E-mail:Frederic.Series@med.ulaval.ca

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doi: 10.1053/smrv.2001.0163

Sleep Medicine Reviews
Volume 6, Issue 3 , Pages 229-242 , June 2002

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