Acoustic reflectance of pharyngeal structures in children

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 373-381

  Hatzakis, George E ^a,b   Karsan, N ^a   Cook, J ^a   Schloss, M ^a   Davis, G M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic reflection; Adenotonsillar hypertrophy; Children; Eccovision pharyngometer; Myringotomy; Pilot study; Upper airway

Indexed keywords

ADENOID; ADENOIDECTOMY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MYRINGOTOMY; PHARYNX; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONSIL DISEASE; TONSILLECTOMY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADENOIDS; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; PHARYNX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHINOMETRY, ACOUSTIC; TIME FACTORS; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0037377385     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5876(02)00404-4     Document Type: Article

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