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Lingual Fat at Autopsy

Nadia Nashi, Sharon Kang, Gregory C. Barkdull, Jonathan Lucas, Terence M. Davidson

The Laryngoscope · 2007 · 136 citations · 5 references

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Abstract

Increase in tongue weight and percentage of fat, and therefore tongue volume, may explain why patients with weight gain have higher rates of SDB. Tongue weight, fat, and volume may also correlate with and explain Mallampati grades.

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Family Aggregation of Upper Airway Soft Tissue Structures in Normal Subjects and Patients with Sleep Apnea

Richard J. Schwab, Michael Pasirstein, Laura Duhan Kaplan et al. · American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine · 2005 · 142 citations · Full text

Submucosal Minimally Invasive Lingual Excision: An Effective, Novel Surgery for Pediatric Tongue Base Reduction

Stephen Maturo, Eric A. Mair · Annals of Otology Rhinology & Laryngology · 2006 · 97 citations

Comparison of tongue volume/oral cavity volume ratio between obstructive sleep apnea syndrome patients and normal adults using magnetic resonance imaging.

Chisato Iida-Kondo, Norio Yoshino, Tohru Kurabayashi et al. · PubMed · 2006 · 75 citations

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Does Tongue Size Differ Between Patients With and Without Sleep‐Disordered Breathing?

L. Katherine, Henry Ferreyra, John F. Healy et al. · The Laryngoscope · 2000 · 57 citations · Full text

Ultrasound-guided radiofrequency submucosal tongue-base excision for sleep apnoea: a preliminary report1

Simon Robinson, Richard Lewis, A. Norton et al. · Clinical Otolaryngology · 2003 · 54 citations

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