Tonsillar size in 2- to 14-year-old children with and without snoring

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1216-1222

  Kaditis, Athanasios G ^a   Lianou, Loukia ^a   Hatzinikolaou, Souzana ^a   Kalampouka, Efthimia ^a   Gartagani Panayiotopoulou, Polytimi ^a   Zintzaras, Elias ^b   Chrousos, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adenotonsillar hypertrophy; Obesity; Obstructive sleep apnea; Snoring

Indexed keywords

ADENOTONSILLAR HYPERTROPHY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SNORING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; ORGAN SIZE; PALATINE TONSIL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SNORING;

EID: 73449106858     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.21126     Document Type: Article

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