Correspondence between subjective and linear measurements of the palatal airway on lateral cephalometric radiographs

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-47

  Bitar, Mohamed A ^a   Macari, Anthony T ^a   Ghafari, Joseph G ^a,b,c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOID; ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH BREATHING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT PALATE; UNIVERSITY; X RAY;

ADENOIDS; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOUTH BREATHING; PALATE;

EID: 74949115722     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2009.198     Document Type: Article

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