Do systemic corticosteroids effectively treat obstructive sleep apnea secondary to adenotonsillar hypertrophy?

Laryngoscope

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1382-1387

  Al Ghamdi, Saleh A ^a   Manoukian, John J ^a   Morielli, Angela ^a   Oudjhane, Kamaldine ^a   Ducharme, Francine M ^a   Brouillette, Robert T ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISONE;

ADENOID; ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TONSIL;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADENOIDS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREDNISONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030839564     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199710000-00017     Document Type: Article

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