Pulmonology · Pulmonology / Sleep and breathing disorders
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome
also: OSA
Recurrent upper airway collapse during sleep.
- Specialty
- Pulmonology
- Subspecialty
- Pulmonology / Sleep and breathing disorders
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected, 2–3:1 male predominance; Female: affected, rises after menopause; Children: yes, adenotonsillar hypertrophy
- Gene(s) involved
- GNAS, PTGER3
- Alternative names & eponyms
- OSA
Etiology & mechanism
Anatomic narrowing with reduced pharyngeal muscle tone.
Gene(s) involved (2)
Symptoms & signs (6)
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