The prevalence and effects of pectus excavatum and pectus carinatum on the respiratory function in children between 7-14 years old

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1017-1019

  Coskun, Zafer Kutay ^a   Turgut, Hasan Basri ^a   Demirsoy, Sadik ^a   Cansu, Ali ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chest deformities; Pectus carinatum; Pectus excavatum

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PIGEON THORAX; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX CIRCUMFERENCE; THORAX DEPTH; THORAX DIAMETER;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAUSALITY; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY VENTILATION; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STERNUM; THORACIC WALL; TURKEY;

EID: 78649323676     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-010-0155-5     Document Type: Article

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