The relation between tonsillectomy and snoring

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 148-151

  Tzifa, K T ^a   Shehab, Z P ^a   Robin, P E ^a  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Snoring; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNORING; TONSIL DISEASE; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SNORING; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0031879326     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.1998.00113.x     Document Type: Article

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