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ArticleMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2022

Variations in Polysomnographic Indices of Obstructive Sleep Apnea following Lingual Tonsil Hypertrophy Excision: Is the Difference Significant?

Ashraf Wahba, Khaled Abdelaal, Ayman Yehia, Ahmed Alsheikh, Randa Abdallah, Zakaria Ahmed, Alaa Elmazny, Mohamed Shams Eldin

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Article in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 49% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Ashraf WahbaDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine-Damietta, Al-Azhar University, Damietta 34517, Egypt.
Khaled AbdelaalEPCRS Excellence Center, Plant Pathology and Biotechnology Lab., Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh 33516, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-7295-6560
Ayman YehiaDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo 11675, Egypt.
Ahmed AlsheikhDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo 11675, Egypt.
Randa AbdallahDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine-Girls, Al-Azhar University, Cairo 11651, Egypt.
Zakaria AhmedDepartment of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo 11675, Egypt.
Alaa ElmaznyDepartment of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo 11956, Egypt.
Mohamed Shams EldinDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo 11675, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-1447-8841
Al-Azhar University · EGCairo University · EGDamietta University · EGKafrelsheikh University · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Sleep Apnea, ObstructiveSleep Wake DisordersHumansHypertrophyPalatine TonsilSleepinessSnoringlingual tonsil hypertrophyobstructive sleep apneapolysomnography

Identifiers

PMID35629990
PMCPMC9146842
OpenAlexW4224311778

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