Relationship between sinusitis and adenoid size in pediatric age group

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 550-553

  Berçin, A Sami ^a   Ural, Ahmet ^a,b   Kutluhan, Ahmet ^a   Yurttaş, Veysel ^a  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adenoid vegetation; Pediatric population; Sinusitis

Indexed keywords

ADENOID; ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUND MACKAY STAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PARANASAL SINUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINORRHEA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SINUSITIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 34447523838     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940711600711     Document Type: Article

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