Adenotonsillar hypertrophy: Does it correlate with obstructive symptoms in children?

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1316-1319

  Toros, Sema Zer ^a   Noşeri, Hülya ^a   Ertugay, Çiĝdem Kalaycik ^a   Külekçi, Semra ^a   Habeşoĝlu, Tülay Erden ^a   Kiliçoĝlu, Gamze ^a   Yilmaz, Gökalp ^a   Egeli, Erol ^a  

^a HAYDARPASA NUMUNE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adenotonsillar hypertrophy; Radiography; Upper airway obstruction

Indexed keywords

ADENOTONSILLAR HYPERTROPHY; ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUTH BREATHING; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADENOIDS; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; INFANT; PALATINE TONSIL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77957756392     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2010.08.012     Document Type: Article

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