Palatine tonsil size in obese, overweight, and normal-weight children with sleep-disordered breathing

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 516-519

  Wang, Jong Hwan ^a   Chung, Yoo Sam ^a   Cho, Young Wook ^a   Kim, Do Youn ^a   Yi, Jong Sook ^a   Bae, Ji Seon ^a   Shim, Myung Joo ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OBESITY; PALATINE TONSIL; PARAMETER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; THICKNESS; WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; ORGAN SIZE; OVERWEIGHT; PALATINE TONSIL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 77949464347     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2010.01.013     Document Type: Article

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