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Acta Oto-Laryngologica Volume 125, 2005 - Issue 3
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Original article: Larynx

Combined nasal–palatopharyngeal surgery for obstructive sleep apnea: Simultaneous or staged?

Hsueh-Yu Li Department of Otolaryngology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Sleep Medicine, Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pa-Chun Wang Department of Otolaryngology, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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Chung-Yao Hsu Department of Sleep Medicine, Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Department of Neurology, Taipei City Psychiatric Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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Shee-Wei Lee Department of Otolaryngology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Ning-Hung Chen Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Sleep Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Shih-An Liu Department of Otolaryngology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
Pages 298-303 | Received 15 Apr 2004, Accepted 17 Jun 2004, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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