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Heritability of craniofacial structures in normal subjects and patients with sleep apnea.
Sleep - 1 Oct 2014
Chi Luqi, Comyn Francois-Louis, Keenan Brendan T, Cater Jacqueline, Maislin Greg, Pack Allan I, Schwab Richard J
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OBJECTIVES: Accumulating evidence has shown that there is a genetic contribution to obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).The objectives were to use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) cephalometry to (1) confirm heritability of craniofacial risk factors for OSA previously shown by cephalometrics; and (2) examine the heritability of new craniofacial structures that are measurable with MRI. DESIGN: A sib pair "quad" design...
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