Assessment of adenoid size in children by fibreoptic examination

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 172-177

  Wang, D Y ^a   Bernheim, N ^a   Kaufman, L ^a   Clement, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adenoid; Children; Examination; Fibreoptic; Nasal obstruction; Otitis media with effusion; Snoring

Indexed keywords

ADENOID; ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FIBEROSCOPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; NEWBORN; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; SINUSITIS; SNORING; TYMPANOMETRY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 0031397819     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.1997.00002.x     Document Type: Article

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