Selected risk factors in pediatric adenotonsillectomy

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 811-814

  Gerber, Mark E ^a,c   O'Connor, David M ^a   Adler, Elena ^b   Myer III, Charles M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SNORING; SURGICAL RISK; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0029762103     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.1996.01890200003001     Document Type: Article

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