Pediatric tonsil size: Objective vs subjective measurements correlated to overnight polysomnogram

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 675-681

  Howard, N Scott ^a   Brietzke, Scott E ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOID; ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HARD PALATE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; ORGAN SIZE; PHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAW; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PALATINE TONSIL; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 64749093798     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2009.01.008     Document Type: Article

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