Does tonsillectomy reduce the risk of being a habitual or severe snorer?

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 265, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1263-1268

  Kara, Cüneyt Orhan ^a   Tümkaya, Funda ^a   Ardic, Necdet ^a   Topuz, Bulent ^a  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Snoring; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOUTH EXAMINATION; NOSE; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX; SMOKING; SNORING; TONGUE DISEASE; TONGUE OBSTRUCTION; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SNORING; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY;

EID: 50649084547     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-008-0623-y     Document Type: Article

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