The value of radiological examination in the management of adenoidal hypertrophy in a pediatric population

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 504-506

  Al Kindy, Sami A ^a   Obaideen, Abdulmunem O ^a  

^a King Salman Armed Force Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOID; ADENOIDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH BREATHING; NASOPHARYNX; NOSE DISEASE; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TONSILLITIS; X RAY;

ADENOIDS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037678464     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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