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Many authors confirm that the main cause of peripheral or central obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is the neuromuscular dysfunction in oropharyngeal region (Brouil.lette and Thach, 1979; Remmers et al., 1978). However, in OSA patients anatomostructural abnormalites are present which may be primary to this physiological abnormality.
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Kukwa, A., de Berry-Borowiecki, B., Blanks, R.H.I., Fleszar, I., Komorowska, A., Ryba, M. (1988). Cephalometry for Evaluation of Geometry of the Upper Airway. In: Karczewski, W.A., Grieb, P., Kulesza, J., Bonsignore, G. (eds) Control of Breathing During Sleep and Anesthesia. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9850-0_11
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