Proposed definitive grading system tool for the assessment of adenoid hyperplasia

Laryngoscope

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 187-193

  Josephson, Gary D ^a,b   Duckworth, Laurie ^a   Hossain, Jobayer ^a,c  

^a NEMOURS CHILDREN S CLINIC   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenoid tissue; choanae; eustachian tube; grading system

Indexed keywords

ADENOID; ADENOID HYPERPLASIA; ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY TUBE; CHILD; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYRINGOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADENOIDS; ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUSTACHIAN TUBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; NASOPHARYNX; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 78651092084     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.21215     Document Type: Article

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