Comparison of lingual tonsil size as depicted on MR imaging between children with obstructive sleep apnea despite previous tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy and normal controls

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 518-523

  Fricke, Bradley L ^a,b   Donnelly, Lane F ^a   Shott, Sally R ^a   Kalra, Maninder ^a   Poe, Stacy A ^a   Chini, Barbara A ^a   Amin, Raouf S ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway; Lingual tonsils; MRI; Obstructive sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADENOIDECTOMY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; PALATINE TONSIL; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 33646748874     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-006-0149-7     Document Type: Article

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