Hypertrophy of the palatine tonsils and sleep respiratory disorders

Acta Oto-Laryngologica, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 523, 1996, Pages 219-221

  Otsu, Shin Ya ^a   Koike, Yasuo ^a   Hori, Yohji ^a   Abe, Kohji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; Mesopharyngeal pressure amplitude; Visual inspection

Indexed keywords

BREATHING DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PALATINE TONSILLITIS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; ADENOID; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; NEWBORN; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TONSIL;

ADENOIDS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; TONSIL;

EID: 0029657851     PISSN: 03655237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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