RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Sleep · 2: Pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome
JF Thorax
JO Thorax
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society
SP 159
OP 163
DO 10.1136/thorax.2003.015859
VO 59
IS 2
A1 R B Fogel
A1 A Malhotra
A1 D P White
YR 2004
UL http://thorax.bmj.com/content/59/2/159.abstract
AB The pathogenesis of airway obstruction in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome is reviewed. The primary defect is probably an anatomically small or collapsible pharyngeal airway, in combination with a sleep induced fall in upper airway muscle activity.