PedAM
Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines
| Disease | obstructive sleep apnea |
| Phenotype | C0035455|rhinitis |
| Sentences | 1 |
| PubMedID- 25543037 | Allergic rhinitis increases the risk of developing obstructive sleep apnea by two major mechanisms: 1) increase in airway resistance due to higher nasal resistance and 2) reduction in pharyngeal diameter from mouth breathing that moves the mandible inferiorly. |
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