Childhood asthma and its relationship with tonsillar tissue

Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 24, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 129-134

  Akcay, Ahmet ^a   Tamay, Zeynep ^b   Dag̈deviren, Erol ^a   Guler, Nermin ^b   Ones, Ulker ^b   Kara, Cüneyt Orhan ^a   Zencir, Mehmet ^a  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; TONSILLITIS; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK FACTORS; TONSILLITIS; TURKEY;

EID: 33751003496     PISSN: 0125877X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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