Use of tonsil size in the evaluation of obstructive sleep apnoea

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 156-159

  Li, Albert M ^a   Wong, E ^b   Kew, J ^c   Hui, S ^a   Fok, T F ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TONSIL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; INFANT; MALE; PHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONSIL;

EID: 0036318807     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.87.2.156     Document Type: Article

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